I was planning on ordering 55 gallon water barrels through my SiLs church contacts, but my water will have to be stored in the garage, but then I read that it is not a good idea to store the barrels directly on concrete, so I held off. \u00c2\u00a0Elsewhere I have read that is mostly a myth. \u00c2\u00a0One site quotes some guy [“According to preparedness lecturer Kenneth Moravec: “Concrete attracts fluids and ‘bleeds.’ Anything that has been on or in that concrete will find its way into your plastic water barrel. This includes the lime in the concrete, any hazardous materials (i.e. gasoline, oils, kerosene or anything a contractor used in construction), algae, etc. Usually it is not enough to make the water toxic but it will taint the water enough to make the taste unbearable. And no amount of pouring it from container to container will take that taste away.”] who turns out to be a long term prepper from Utah, no particular expert except via experience (which is not to be sneezed at, except when you’re wrong), and then it gets parotted and shared as gospel.<\/p>\n
*Heated* concrete is a problem, so if it’s in an environment with relatively stable temperature, like in a basement, it’s probably fine. \u00c2\u00a0My garage isn’t temperature controlled though, so it might be a good idea to raise it. \u00c2\u00a0If you are going to do that, then why not create a rack that stacks 2-3, to use the vertical space? \u00c2\u00a0Right now, I could get this metal stand with upgraded plumbing system, with delivery, for around 385$ from groundzero3.com<\/a>. It’s on sale, and there’s a coupon code, which drops it 60$ altogether. \u00c2\u00a0Note this is without barrels. \u00c2\u00a0Assembly of this would be relatively simple.<\/p>\n There’s are also a number of plans out there to build a wooden rack. \u00c2\u00a0A 2×3 takes it up to 330 gallons, which would make me pretty comfortable, once a rain cachement system is in place.\u00c2\u00a0Do I have the skill to build that though? \u00c2\u00a0Well, no.<\/p>\n![\"img_0639\"](\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_0639.jpg\")
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