An apparatus for storing and dispensing liquid from a liquid retaining bag, said apparatus comprising: (a) a storage container for storing a liquid retaining bag, said storage container including a base, an upper opening and at least one sidewall connected to and extending upwardly from said base and defining a hollow cavity, said hollow cavity being sized to receive the liquid retaining bag; (b) a liquid transport conduit (4, 6) for transporting liquid from the liquid retaining bag to a dispensing location; (c) a skirt including a guide and retaining member being connected to the at least one sidewall of said storage container, said guide and retaining member having an insertion passageway, said guide and retaining member being configured to guide said liquid transport conduit (4, 6) from a first location to a second location wherein said liquid transport conduit (4, 6) is configured to be inserted into said insertion passageway of said guide and retaining member to travel from the first location to the second location, the second location is an operating position in which at least a portion of the liquid transport conduit (4, 6) extends into the liquid retaining bag and the first location is a location where the liquid transport conduit (4, 6) is positioned above said insertion passageway, said guide and retaining member and said storage container being configured such that said liquid transport conduit (4, 6) can be positioned in a third location where the liquid retaining bag can be removed from said storage container without removing said skirt through said upper opening while at least a portion of said liquid transport conduit (4, 6) is disposed below an uppermost surface of said at least one sidewall of said liquid storage container and at least a portion of said liquid transport conduit (4, 6) is connected to said guide and retaining member, the third location being between the first location and the second location and wherein said skirt including said guide and retaining member is connected to said storage container when said liquid transport conduit (4, 6) is moved from the first location to the second location and said skirt including said guide and retaining member is connected to said storage container when said liquid transport conduit is moved from the second location to the third location. (a) a storage container for storing a liquid retaining bag, said storage container including a base, an upper opening and at least one sidewall connected to and extending upwardly from said base and defining a hollow cavity, said hollow cavity being sized to receive the liquid retaining bag; (b) a liquid transport conduit (4, 6) for transporting liquid from the liquid retaining bag to a dispensing location; (c) a skirt including a guide and retaining member being connected to the at least one sidewall of said storage container, said guide and retaining member having an insertion passageway, said guide and retaining member being configured to guide said liquid transport conduit (4, 6) from a first location to a second location wherein said liquid transport conduit (4, 6) is configured to be inserted into said insertion passageway of said guide and retaining member to travel from the first location to the second location, the second location is an operating position in which at least a portion of the liquid transport conduit (4, 6) extends into the liquid retaining bag and the first location is a location where the liquid transport conduit (4, 6) is positioned above said insertion passageway, said guide and retaining member and said storage container being configured such that said liquid transport conduit (4, 6) can be positioned in a third location where the liquid retaining bag can be removed from said storage container without removing said skirt through said upper opening while at least a portion of said liquid transport conduit (4, 6) is disposed below an uppermost surface of said at least one sidewall of said liquid storage container and at least a portion of said liquid transport conduit (4, 6) is connected to said guide and retaining member, the third location being between the first location and the second location and wherein said skirt including said guide and retaining member is connected to said storage container when said liquid transport conduit (4, 6) is moved from the first location to the second location and said skirt including said guide and retaining member is connected to said storage container when said liquid transport conduit is moved from the second location to the third location.