Where can you buy large amounts of glass bottled water?

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HazMatsMan@reddit

Storing your water in a fragile container that could break in an accident or disaster causing you to catastropically lose an essential prep, is not smart.

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I have a 3ft thick concrete lined basement. It won’t be my only water option but I’d like to store a long term option I don’t have to worry about rotating. I have other rotating options in safer containers

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PM-me-in-100-years@reddit

Why do you think you won't have to worry about rotating them? Bacteria will grow in water in glass the same as in plastic.

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altiuscitiusfortius@reddit

Not reverse osmosis water.

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RonJohnJr@reddit

There's a reason that the water industry dumped glass carboys for plastic, and it's not just the cost of the bottles. They do not have handles, and weigh 15+ lb empty, so... at least 55 lb . Once you carry the first heavy, glass bottle down those stairs, you're probably going to change your mind.

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xikbdexhi6@reddit

Yes, it was just the cost of the bottles. Companies care only about profits, and plastics they don't have to take back, wash, and reuse improved their bottom line. Glass bottles and jugs are heavier, but easily manageable.

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Bradical22@reddit (OP)

I appreciate your input but I have the transportation figured out. Looking for the product.

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Academic_1989@reddit

I saw some in my local grocery store last night.

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rocketscooter007@reddit

I don't know of anywhere that has bottles already filled with water but homebrewers use 5 gallon glass carboys all the time. I have a few in the attic. Check a homebrew supply store. Most of the ones I've seen don't have screw on caps, it's usually a rubber bung or plug. They also make nice nylon carrying straps for them.

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HazMatsMan@reddit

Try google.

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mercedes_lakitu@reddit

Concrete as in, they can fall on it and shatter?

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HazMatsMan@reddit

Your foundation wall is 3-feet thick? Somehow I doubt that.

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Bradical22@reddit (OP)

Original owner did it. It’s one of the reasons I bought the because it’s insane overkill and I love it.

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Wasteland-Scum@reddit

You're not wrong but back in the early 90s when I was a kid we lived in a house with undrinkable tap water. We had Alhambra deliver drinking water to use in 5 gallon glass jugs. A while big ass truck full of glass bottles full of water.

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RonJohnJr@reddit

And back in the 1970s when I was a kid, and in the 1950s when my father was a kid. They were heavy. And no built-in handle like today's carboys.

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Wasteland-Scum@reddit

And if you go back far enough bottles were unsealed and stopped with a cork, which in no way proves that the entire Swiss army was not using wine as a main means of hydration.

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RonJohnJr@reddit

Which the Swiss Army isn't doing now.

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Wasteland-Scum@reddit

I hope not. We're depending on them.

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HazMatsMan@reddit

You were doing that out of convenience, not survival.

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Potato_Specialist_85@reddit

Prepping for Tuesday vs. Prepping for doomsday. So many gatekeepers need to stfu.

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WeekSecret3391@reddit

So, f*ck canning, right?

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HazMatsMan@reddit

Don't be a dipshit.

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Kind-Specialist7897@reddit

Mountain Valley Spring Water has sealed 5 gal glass jugs, they’re great. You can find a distributor on their website.

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Bradical22@reddit (OP)

I think we have a winner, thank you

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rededelk@reddit

It's a carboy(sp?) home brewers use them so you could check that out as a second option. At a lab I worked at we kept one at eye level and had some surgical tubing from it for dispensing. We also had our own still for distillation. Definitely heavy but can't remember the exact capacity - a lab supplier may be another place to look. Like USA Bluebook

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queerxqueer@reddit

Anyone have links on proper water sterilization?

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WittyDefense41@reddit

Get the 5 gallon plastic jugs of purified water, and refresh them every 6-12 months. Get a 75 gal tank to fill with tap water for when things get iffy. Get a filtration setup to fall back on if those run out. Don’t store for too long. You don’t want bacteria in your water.

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xikbdexhi6@reddit

Buy bottles, bottle caps, and an anvil bottle capper from your nearest home brew shop. Alternatively, bottle it in Mason jars. Either way, practice good sterilization and hygiene so the water stays potable.

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Lifeonthejames@reddit

Mountain Valley is sold by Primo water, it’s damn tasty but high dollar. Possibly reach out to them (Mountain Valley) and see if they will sell directly to you.

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tinychef0509@reddit

Get an old garage sale set of Mason jars from some old person that used to can. Full them with water and can them like the internet tells you. An empty can takes just as much room as a full one, so why not have them full for cheap.

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New_pollution1086@reddit

Glass carboys from a home brew shop?

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1one14@reddit

I am also tired of plastics, and canning our own may be the best option, but a pallet of bottles that can grab and go would be ideal. A case of cheap bottled water in plastic goes bad in a few years, and the water evaporates out of them. I have a few cases that are half full after 8 years. They shrivel like raisins.

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offgridgecko@reddit

are you even serious or is this trolling. What does this question even remotely have to do with prepping?

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1one14@reddit

You can't be serious? Water is essential for survival.

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offgridgecko@reddit

true, now explain to me how glass bottles are ...

*checks notes*

essential for survival.

This question isn't about water. It's about glass.

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Bradical22@reddit (OP)

You’re right, water storage has nothing to do with preparedness. I’m an idiot, my bad.

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offgridgecko@reddit

I didn't say that, you're asking about glass bottled water. Like why? What exactly are you prepping for that requires that specific combination? What are you planning. Maybe if you added a little context. Like are you wanting hermetically sealed bottles for some reason, coke bottle type stuff? I don't get what you are after and what your end goal is with it, at all. And for the record, you can "store" all the water you want but any prolonged scenario you need to figure out "water sourcing" as it's much more important long-term. Having said that, what advantage are you getting for putting away 55-100 gallons in glass bottles?

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Unfair_Holiday_3549@reddit

Check restaurants.

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boobookitty2@reddit

Drink grolsch. Sanitize and bottle. Learn to brew beer and sanitize that water with yeast, hops and barely.

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Ad0f0@reddit

It's not cheap, but you could always get large glass carboy's... (Often used for making wine) They're like 5 to 7 gallons at least....

And if you had water distiller, and did a proper disinfection /sterilization of the carboy You could probably store the water in those containers indefinitely because there'd be literally nothing other than H2O inside of them?

This is just a random thought when considering the carboys I myself have down in the basement.

Might be good to have a bit of UV lighting on em, to help... (Just in case).

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Potato_Specialist_85@reddit

Check with mountsin valley spring water. They do bulk shipping. Ain't cheap.

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ProjectClean@reddit

Just can water

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NorthernPrepz@reddit

Carboys and DIY. You could sterilize using immersion circulator in a larger vessel.

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gregshafer11@reddit

Mountain valley spring water

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donnieCRAW@reddit

There are quite a few glass carboys online. Buy the empties and fill them up. I've been thinking about doing that. Secure storage would be a must do.

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AFK_MIA@reddit

Buy glass carboys for brewing and fill/cap them?

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Bella_madera@reddit

Forget about 5 gallon carboys, get 1 gallon wine jugs. Those things are heavy to fill and light will turn stored water green quicker in see thru glass. Why not consider a water distiller?

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anotheramethyst@reddit

You might stock up on perrier, voss, topo chico, and other fancy bottled waters. you can buy by the case like restaurants and bars do, just make sure you're getting them in actual glass before you buy because a lot of them also sell plastic versions

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tianavitoli@reddit

they have water in glass bottles at the local fancy store. it is preposterously expensive

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toxic_adventure@reddit

Just get bpa free plastic dude.

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Ingawolfie@reddit

Be aware that five gallon glass carboys are becoming harder to find as usage is decreasing. I have 12 of them I was using for home wine making. I stopped doing that some years ago and tried to sell the carboys for $15 each which is half of what I paid. Couldn’t get a buyer. So I have glass carboys of water. Moving them is NOT fun.

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Bradical22@reddit (OP)

I’ll take them off your hands

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Ingawolfie@reddit

You are too kind. We are near Seattle though. Also, Tricor Braun sells them, which is where we got them.

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Bradical22@reddit (OP)

Thanks friend

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Upstairs-Parsley3151@reddit

They have refill Stations, just bring the bottle.

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Fit_Acanthisitta_475@reddit

Walmart canning jars.

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sssaman@reddit

Glass beer growler?

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mysonlikesorange@reddit

Well, Whole Foods and Kroger has it around me. It’s not going to be a deal though.

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SteveElms@reddit

We store our empty canning jars full of water. They are sealed with the Tattler reusable lid and stored on a heavy duty shelf in our pantry. We used a lot of them last winter when our water lines froze and we were without water for 2 weeks. We thought the saved space of storing them this way outweighed the cost of the lids. Probably have 6 dozen quarts on the shelf now and will add more.

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