Water first: how BorderNest stores, filters, and treats emergency water
One gallon per person per day is the Ready.gov starting line. This hub covers storage, filters, and chemical treat — and when each one fails.
Most households last less than a day on the bottles already in the fridge. BorderNest treats water as the first room of the nest: store enough for two weeks at home, carry a treat-and-filter pair in the go-bag, and never rely on one method.
The job, not the gadget
- Store: food-grade jugs or stacked bottles, rotated before they taste like plastic.
- Filter: sediment and protozoa when the source is a creek, tub, or rain barrel.
- Treat: tablets or bleach math when the filter is lost or the water is suspect.
- Sanitize: extra gallons for dishes, wounds, and pets — Ready.gov counts this in the gallon-per-day figure.
What we will not claim
We do not invent lab results, virus-kill ratings, or “this filter makes ditch water safe” unless the manufacturer states it and you confirm the listing. Chemical treat has wait times. Bleach has concentration math. Read the label.
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