{"id":9125,"date":"2026-10-03T13:16:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T13:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pgamo.com\/?page_id=9125"},"modified":"2026-10-03T14:41:38","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T14:41:38","slug":"water","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pgamo.com\/ceb\/self-reliance\/water\/","title":{"rendered":"Water Storage"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"pgamo-hero\" id=\"top\" style=\"min-height:26vh;background-color:#877373;\">\n<div class=\"pgamo-hero-side pgamo-hero-side--left\">\n<span class=\"pgamo-hero-side__label\">New Here?<\/span>\n<h3 class=\"pgamo-hero-side__heading\">Start Free Today<\/h3>\n<p class=\"pgamo-hero-side__text\">Enroll in the Ministerial Bible Study Series &#8212; 66 books, 251 lessons, completely free forever.<\/p>\n<a class=\"pgamo-hero-side__btn\" href=\"https:\/\/pgamo.com\/ceb\/courses\/bible-study\/\">Enroll Free &rarr;<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pgamo-hero__inner\">\n<h1 class=\"pgamo-hero__heading\">Water Storage<\/h1><p class=\"pgamo-hero__subheading\">Log every jug, barrel and tank, see how many days of drinking water your household has, and get a reminder when it&#8217;s time to rotate.<\/p><div class=\"pgamo-hero__buttons\">\n<a class=\"pgamo-btn pgamo-btn--primary\" href=\"#tool\">Your Water<\/a>\n<a class=\"pgamo-btn pgamo-btn--ghost\" href=\"\/ceb\/self-reliance\/water\/?tab=calc\">Calculators<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pgamo-hero-side pgamo-hero-side--right\">\n<span class=\"pgamo-hero-side__label\">From Our Authors<\/span>\n<h3 class=\"pgamo-hero-side__heading\">Meet Our Contributing Authors<\/h3>\n<p class=\"pgamo-hero-side__text\">Read devotionals and Bible studies shared by members of our community.<\/p>\n<a class=\"pgamo-hero-side__btn\" href=\"https:\/\/pgamo.com\/ceb\/groups\/contributing-authors\/forum\/\">Read Their Articles &rarr;<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"tool\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"pgamo-hs\"><div class=\"hs-gate\"><h3>Your free Water Storage Tracker<\/h3><p>Keep your records in one private place \u2014 free for every registered member. Only you can see your data, and you can download it any time.<\/p><p class=\"hs-gate-actions\"><a class=\"hs-btn\" href=\"https:\/\/pgamo.com\/ceb\/register-2\/\">Create a free account<\/a> <a class=\"hs-btn hs-btn-ghost\" href=\"https:\/\/pgamo.com\/ceb\/login\/\">Log in<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"pgamo-hs\"><h3 class=\"hs-section-title\" id=\"water-calc\">Water calculators<\/h3><div class=\"hs-calcs\"><div class=\"hs-card hs-calc\" data-hs-calc=\"xrain\" data-cfg=\"[]\"><h4>Rain from your roof<\/h4><div class=\"hs-calc-in\"><label>Roof area <small>(square feet (length \u00d7 width as seen from above))<\/small><input type=\"number\" min=\"0\" step=\"50\" value=\"1000\" data-in=\"sqft\" inputmode=\"decimal\"><\/label><label>Rain <small>(inches (one storm, a month or a year))<\/small><input type=\"number\" min=\"0\" step=\"0.1\" value=\"1\" data-in=\"inches\" inputmode=\"decimal\"><\/label><label>Captured <small>(% \u2014 gutters and first-flush lose some)<\/small><input type=\"number\" min=\"0\" step=\"5\" value=\"80\" data-in=\"eff\" inputmode=\"decimal\"><\/label><\/div><ul class=\"hs-calc-out\" data-out aria-live=\"polite\"><\/ul><p class=\"hs-hint\">Each inch of rain on each square foot of roof is about 0.62 gallons. Rainwater is fine for animals and the garden; to drink it, filter and disinfect it first, and check your state\u2019s rules on collecting rain.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"hs-card hs-calc\" data-hs-calc=\"xbleach\" data-cfg=\"[]\"><h4>Purify with bleach<\/h4><div class=\"hs-calc-in\"><label>Water <small>(gallons)<\/small><input type=\"number\" min=\"0\" step=\"0.5\" value=\"1\" data-in=\"gal\" inputmode=\"decimal\"><\/label><label>Bleach<select data-in=\"strength\"><option value=\"6\">Regular unscented, 6%<\/option><option value=\"8.25\">Concentrated unscented, 8.25%<\/option><\/select><\/label><label>The water is<select data-in=\"cloudy\"><option value=\"1\">Clear<\/option><option value=\"2\">Cloudy (filter first)<\/option><\/select><\/label><\/div><ul class=\"hs-calc-out\" data-out aria-live=\"polite\"><\/ul><p class=\"hs-hint\">From the EPA\u2019s emergency guidance. Use plain unscented household bleach \u2014 not scented, color-safe or with cleaners added. Stir, wait 30 minutes; it should smell slightly of chlorine. If not, repeat once and wait 15 minutes more. Boiling is better if you can: a rolling boil for 1 minute (3 minutes above 6,500 feet).<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"hs-card\"><h4>Storing water<\/h4><ul><li><strong>How much:<\/strong> at least 1 gallon a person a day; Ready.gov suggests a 3-day supply at the least and 2 weeks if you can. More in hot weather, and for nursing mothers, children and anyone sick.<\/li><li><strong>Containers:<\/strong> food-grade plastic jugs, drums or totes (marked HDPE #2), or unopened bottled water. Never containers that held chemicals, and avoid milk jugs \u2014 they break down and are hard to clean.<\/li><li><strong>Where:<\/strong> cool and dark, off bare concrete, away from gasoline, paint and pesticides.<\/li><li><strong>Rotate:<\/strong> tap water you bottle yourself about every 6 months; sealed commercial water by its date. Use the old water on the garden.<\/li><\/ul><h4>Making water safe<\/h4><ul><li><strong>Boil:<\/strong> a rolling boil for 1 minute (3 minutes above 6,500 feet). Let it cool covered.<\/li><li><strong>Bleach:<\/strong> 8 drops of regular 6% unscented bleach per gallon of clear water (6 drops of 8.25%), double for cloudy water, wait 30 minutes. Use the calculator for larger amounts.<\/li><li><strong>Filters:<\/strong> a filter rated to remove bacteria and protozoa, then disinfect if viruses are a concern.<\/li><li>Bleach and boiling do not remove chemicals, fuel or heavy metals. Floodwater and water that smells of fuel should not be drunk.<\/li><\/ul><p class=\"hs-hint\">\u201cWhosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst.\u201d \u2014 John 4:14<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"xs_social_share_widget xs_share_url after_content \t\tmain_content  wslu-style-1 wslu-share-box-shaped wslu-fill-colored wslu-none wslu-share-horizontal wslu-theme-font-no wslu-main_content\">\n\n\t\t\n        <ul>\n\t\t\t        <\/ul>\n    <\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":9124,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9125","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pgamo.com\/ceb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pgamo.com\/ceb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pgamo.com\/ceb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pgamo.com\/ceb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pgamo.com\/ceb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9125"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pgamo.com\/ceb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9133,"href":"https:\/\/pgamo.com\/ceb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9125\/revisions\/9133"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pgamo.com\/ceb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pgamo.com\/ceb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}