Comments on: Canning Water for Emergency Preparedness https://thenerdyfarmwife.com/canning-water-for-emergency-preparedness/ DIY Herbal Recipes, Soap Making & Body Care Projects Wed, 22 Oct 2025 15:50:21 +0000 hourly 1 By: Jan @ The Nerdy Farm Wife https://thenerdyfarmwife.com/canning-water-for-emergency-preparedness/#comment-50131 Sat, 19 Sep 2015 14:12:01 +0000 http://thenerdyfarmwife.com/?p=915#comment-50131 In reply to Carie Valentine.

Thanks for sharing your experiences and tips with us Carie! :)

]]> By: Carie Valentine https://thenerdyfarmwife.com/canning-water-for-emergency-preparedness/#comment-50101 Fri, 18 Sep 2015 19:09:09 +0000 http://thenerdyfarmwife.com/?p=915#comment-50101 If you boil the used canning lids for 10-20 mins. most of the rubber will flatten back out and they can be reused. The ones that don’t I use for things I put in my pantry that get eaten up pretty quickly and don’t need to be sealed.
I did this last year for the first time and reused the lids for my plum juice and it worked brilliantly. The juice sat on the shelf for 6 mos. with no issues. Once I reused the lids one time I threw them away or recycled them.
Great idea to never have an empty jar. We had to use our stored water this year for a water emergency in our city and I was thrilled we had so much water available to use that we have stored up. I store drinking water and cleaning/bathing water. Drinking water is usually new water I have purchased in gallon bottles. The cleaning water is water I have put in left over juice bottles or soda bottles. I rotate them every 6 mos. and use the water for my garden or grass then refill them and start over.
I am going to start filling my jars with water too. If you reuse the lids just be sure to put a bit of vinegar in the boiling water so it can help get rid of any previous flavors from other canned food so it doesn’t flavor your stored water.

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