Thread: Water use, storage and transport

I've always carried water in multiple small containers.
Reasons -

• If you get a leak, you only loose a small amount of your supply.
• You can top up your supply with poorer quality water (bore water, creek water or whatever) along the way and this can be used for washing while keeping your good drinking water separate. This means that you don't have to carry as much.
• Small containers are easier to refill than a large vehicle mounted tank.
• Easier to monitor your usage - unless you have a good gauge on a large tank.

Regarding quantity, 5 litres/person/day if a good starting point/guide. Best to monitor your usage on a few shorter trips first and then add the emergency factor.

I can not agree more with extreme, especially after losing all of our water out of our camper trailer along the Oodnadatta trail. I also like the idea of the expandible bladders that can sit across the floor behind the front seats.

I will ditto the first 2 responses,
I did the Simpson 3yrs ago in my TD5 & carried 4 10ltr boxed water bladder things from Coles.
You can also get 5Ltr container bladder things also, the 10ltr versions just packed nicely in the spot i had so i used these.
I like these for a couple of reasons apart from above.
When finished u can use the bladder to put in the fridge(blow some air in with your mouth) to stop things from breaking-eggs come to mind-from the sand dunes.
U can also store them in the vehicle in various places to stop rattles etc.
Easy to pick anywhere too, whether it be Mt Dare or Alice springs there easy to obtain & Cheap!
Have a great trip.

Thanks guys.... That really helps.

2 20l jerry cans sit nicely behind the front seats, (only 2 of us), and maybe we will get a variety of disposable containers to stash wherever we can.

nice!

Originally Posted by mrapocalypse

Thanks guys.... That really helps.

2 20l jerry cans sit nicely behind the front seats, (only 2 of us), and maybe we will get a variety of disposable containers to stash wherever we can.

nice!

Careful! Foodsafe plastics especially for water!

I've got a 70l water tank that sits in the rear passenger side of my Defender on the Outback drawers. Short of a bullet - nothing is going to rupture this tank. It's a good solution because you can carry a decent amount of water - and it has a manual hand pump to operate - nothing to go wrong. It comes from Rangie Spares and I got it from Graeme Coopers in Sydney.

I also have a couple of 10 l water holders and 2 camelbacks (2l each).

hey there, my wife and i are also planning a simspon crossing later in the year,perhaps we can join efforts.

We only use those green plastic Army jerrycans. You know, the actual ones the Army uses, not the pretend ones. They're made by Proquip and have a sticker about how they are "Army Tough" or something funny like that. They are indeed very tough and last well. They are also dark green so that helps keep sunlight out.

We also have one metal jerrycan. It's a light blue colour and has a sticker on it about how it's NATO standard and has a special lining for potable water. I only got it because I'd heard of them somewhere and bought it when I saw it.

I prefer jerries because they are well-proven and easy to move around . . . er, especially when they're empty . . . and the green plastic ones have a threaded hole that you can drill through before you fit a spigot. Then you can stand it up somewhere and have running water.