| Emergency response trailers have been designed | | | | No one is immune from emergency situations. All |
| to service disaster areas by bringing in the | | | | areas of the country have been known to have |
| technology for cleaning up any water source and | | | | hurricanes, blizzards, tornadoes, power outages, |
| providing the clean, safe drinking water that | | | | and other emergencies that have caught people |
| people in these situations so badly need. During | | | | unaware. You may have never thought about |
| times when municipal water treatment services | | | | what you would do if you could no longer turn on |
| are interrupted, and other water sources can be | | | | your tap and get plenty of water, but bottled |
| contaminated with bacteria and other pollutants, | | | | water supplies would quickly dry up, and there |
| people become desperate for safe water. After | | | | could be no safe way to get the water you need. |
| all, the human body needs a constant supply of | | | | Municipal emergency planning needs to include |
| water in order to survive. | | | | provisions for supplying water for the community |
| Although there has been a lot of information | | | | in case of a disaster. Many cities have purchased |
| provided for people about what they need to do | | | | custom emergency response trailers designed to |
| to prepare for emergency situations, many people | | | | fit the needs they foresee in an emergency |
| just don't listen. Maybe they don't have storage | | | | situation. There are many different models of |
| space for a lot of water, and maybe they can't | | | | units containing mobile filtration equipment as well |
| afford to buy (and keep replacing) large bottled | | | | as laboratory facilities where existing water |
| water supplies. Whatever the hang up is, when | | | | sources can be tested for contaminants. Many of |
| emergencies strike, there are a lot of people who | | | | these trailers are also available for rent should an |
| don't have the water they will need to keep their | | | | emergency arise. It's always good to plan ahead |
| families healthy. An emergency response trailer | | | | for the "what ifs", and these plans will stand you |
| can come into any area and provide clean, potable | | | | in good stead should an emergency strike your |
| water that will see people through the crisis. | | | | community. |