Water Barrels that had food OK for water storage?

[96firephoenix]

Will the water taste like pickles/saurkraut? Even if you clean and re-clean the barrel?

yea. it will. see if there's a bakery... the vanilla icing will taste pretty good in your water. lol.

My dad uses icing tubs for making beer, and you can't really taste anything aside from a nice easy hint of vanilla. pickles would be horrible with beer, but vanilla isn't so bad.

 

[Wild Deuce]

I heard or read somewhere that filling a clear plastic bottle with water (leaving little or no air space) and letting it sit in the sun for at least 24 hours (two days minimum) will "treat" your water and make it suitable for drinking. This was proposed as a last resort when chemical treatment was not available.

Any truth to this?

What does this have to do with the OP question? ... nothing really, but the subject of container degradation by light has been mentioned. I was just wondering if any amount of light is bad.

 

[shibumiseeker]

I heard or read somewhere that filling a clear plastic bottle with water (leaving little or no air space) and letting it sit in the sun for at least 24 hours (two days minimum) will "treat" your water and make it suitable for drinking. This was proposed as a last resort when chemical treatment was not available.

Any truth to this?

What does this have to do with the OP question? ... nothing really, but the subject of container degradation by light has been mentioned. I was just wondering if any amount of light is bad.

There is a lot of truth to this. It's the SODIS method.
SODIS: How does ist work?

I was part of a project that looked at this as emergency water treatement and found it to be effective as a last resort under some specific circumstances. The website goes into pretty good detail.

 

[PeaShooter]

BTW do you know if the ones in Indy have the bung caps on them?

I am Cornholio....I need t.p. for my bunghole!