| During a disaster situation clean water will be hard | | | | that can be used to get water pure. The thing |
| to come by. Generally speaking water is the last | | | | you need to keep in mind is that you would need |
| utility to shut off during a disaster but you should | | | | enough of this to have at least one gallon of |
| assume that it will be off. If you do have some | | | | fresh water for everyone at home so you may |
| water coming through the tap, from your pool, | | | | have to stock up. |
| rain barrels, or other items, you have to assume | | | | If you can realistically make a fire or have a |
| that it's not safe to drink. This means you need | | | | stove that can heat up a pot, you can boil water. |
| to have some emergency water purification | | | | It won't taste good at all but after coming to a |
| supplies or techniques. | | | | boil for a few minutes it's safe to drink. Note that |
| It's best to have a professional water filter and | | | | you will be limited by your wood supply for fire or |
| purification system. This doesn't have to be | | | | propane supply running the stove. This is an option |
| something expensive. Most of the time for a few | | | | to keep as a backup plan at least since devices |
| hundred dollars one can have devices that will | | | | do fail. |
| purify hundreds of gallons of water even if it's | | | | It's best to have a primary source of water |
| creek or lake water and make it drinkable. This is | | | | purification along with a secondary one. You never |
| the ideal. | | | | know what will happen or how long you will need |
| The less than ideal but still acceptable is to invest | | | | to continue to purify your own water. Most |
| in some backpacking and camping supplies. There | | | | people don't go weeks without water but it could |
| are many techniques like straws, pills, and mixes | | | | happen so prepare today. |