| -- End Ad Box ---> | | | | planning before a disaster is critical. |
| Emergency supplies of drinking water require | | | | Emergency Capacity of Bottled Water Suppliers |
| planning to meet maximum demand during an | | | | Those agencies that are affected most by |
| emergency. As the world enters the tropical | | | | disasters need to identify bottled water suppliers |
| storm season and faces other serious | | | | with capacity that can be allocated in an |
| emergencies that may affect the drinking water | | | | emergency. Attempting to producer supplies from |
| supply, federal, state and local government | | | | a bottled water suppler that is at capacity or |
| agencies need to plan ahead to meet peak | | | | draws water from a spring that may itself |
| demand. | | | | become polluted during a disaster may result in a |
| All of Society is Affected | | | | shortage when pure water is required most. |
| When disaster strikes it affects everyone. | | | | There are suppliers, however with excess |
| Federal, state and local relief agencies are called | | | | capacity in the marketplace and these should be |
| upon to provide assistance to the community | | | | identified before a disaster strikes. |
| ands top of their supplies list is drinking water. In | | | | Proper Storage is Important |
| addition these agencies also require s supplies of | | | | Many federal, state and local agencies are required |
| pure drinking water for their own staffs to | | | | to maintain emergency supplies of pure drinking |
| function properly. This includes fire, police, national | | | | water but, depending on the source off the |
| guard, public utility personnel, hospitals and every | | | | water, these supplies may have a limited life. |
| individual requiring fresh, pure drinking water. | | | | Spring water contains contaminants from their |
| Advanced Planning is Critical | | | | source springs that may reduce the shelf life of |
| In the face of a disaster immediate demands are | | | | stored water as minerals in the water interact |
| made upon the existing municipal water supplies | | | | with the plastic in PET packaging. |
| and traditional water suppliers are unable to supply | | | | Purified water, that has all contaminants removed |
| fresh drinkable water. This includes not only | | | | by a distillation/oxygenation process does not |
| municipal water providers but all bottled water | | | | interact with PET packaging and has an unlimited |
| suppliers who exceed their production capacity | | | | shelf life if stored properly. |
| during normal times. | | | | Choose a Reliable Supplier in Advance |
| During an emergency, municipal water is in short | | | | As part of a well thought out emergency plan, |
| supply and often polluted and in past emergencies, | | | | emergency planners should consider a reliable |
| traditional bottled water suppliers have often failed | | | | bottled water supplier with the capacity to meet |
| to meet the heavy drinking water demands of an | | | | peak demand and provide water with a long shelf |
| emergency. | | | | life. |
| Everyone affected by a disaster needs to plan | | | | Planning for a disaster will help reduce the impact |
| for emergency water supplies and advanced | | | | and increase your chances of survival. |