miskairal wrote:
If I were to go to a beach and get salt water, how long could I store it
for and how should it be stored?

I can probably get around 800 litres in one trip (2 1/2 hours each way)
but the water would then be in 200 litre (44gallon) drums with only a
small opening in the top. It's really not practical to go that far for
just one drum of water and hubby's ute is not comfy and airconditioned
and it's summer here.

Would the water go off?

Tullock's book:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/189...lance&n=283155

has a section somewhere in the beginning that talks about using natural
sea water. If I recall correctly he is a proponent of this practice. I
believe he recommends collecting the water at least three miles from
shore and storing it in a cool dark place, undisturbed, for two weeks
before use. Maybe someone here with the book can quote the section or
you can look for it in a bookstore to skim. How do you plan on moving
44G drums, each with 367 pounds of water, from the surf to your truck?
Toting 5 gallon buckets would seem to take forever.

Cheers,
Ed