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We emptied all the barrels last spring, just before we built the boat house.
This month's National Geographic was a reminder about how good we have it here in the Pacific NWest.
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We added 2 tsp of bleach per 10 gallons of water...
Done!
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It is nice to have clean drinking water in the case of an emergency.