Drinking Water Safe Hoses

To follow up with our water barrel class, we would like you to know that we have found drinking water safe hoses for filling up water barrels at Wal-Mart. Different colors and lengths are available. Prices start at around $10 plus tax for a 25 foot hose. (This is the best deal we've found.) You can also purchase fifty foot hoses there. Look in either the sporting goods section or the gardening isle for different options to suit your needs. You will want one or more of these hoses to fill your barrels from your outside spigot. Make sure you have enough length to go from the spigot to the final resting place of your barrel. You can not move the barrel after it's filled! After use, keep your hose in a place where it will be protected from the elements. I keep all of my water barrel "tools" in a plastic box.

Please let me know if you are interested in purchasing water barrels or other smaller containers for water storage. We will be making orders for these in the very near future.