Bettacreek
Almost Self-Reliant
Our water here sucks. It always tastes stale, no matter how fresh and cold it is. I assume it is because of all of the missing minerals from being "recycled" city water. So, I've been thinking, we've got enough untainted mountain streams around that we could collect mountain water for our drinking purposes. How would I go about storing this without making it taste like plastic, having a million bottles around the house or spending a fortune on storage containers? Should I worry about sterilizing the water? I've never worried about it before, we had a well in the spring growing up, and I've always drank "crick water". Probably have some mind-sucking parasites from it now, lol. Anyways, should I boil it before storing?