If you should have a lockdown in your city, your emergency drinking water resources may be small unless you can access a spring or some sort of auxiliary water.
In the event of a power outage, most people find themselves out of the important liquid in only a few hours.
It is one of the most important parts of sustaining life to my way of thinking!
We had no electricity a while back for almost 16 hours, and we soon discovered that we have to consider an emergency drinking water system.
Even though we have a home near streams and springs where we could easily procure drinking water, there is still the problem of contaminants.
Additional sources inside your home:
If a catastrophe leaves you with no stored supply of drinking water, you can try the following resources:
# your hot-water tank
# pipes and faucets
# ice cubes
If your tap water is safe to drink, so is the water contained in your pipes and hot-water system, even if the thought seems less than appealing.
When using your hot-water tank, be sure the electricity or gas is off, then release the drain that’s near the bottom of the tank. Start the flow by turning off the water intake valve located on the tank and turning on a hot-water faucet.
Refill the tank before turning the power back on.
To use the water in your pipes, determine and turn on the top faucet in your home to let air into the plumbing. You then can obtain water from the lowest faucet.
Other sources outside your home:
If you find it necessary to locate water outside the place you live, try:
# Rainwater
# Streams, rivers, and other moving bodies of water
# Ponds and lakes
# Natural springs
Take steps to clean and filter the water from all of these sources prior to drinking it. You shouldn’t ever drink flood water.
Untreated water can make one very, very sick. Dysentery, typhoid and hepatitis, are all diseases that you might pick up by drinking bacteria-ridden water.
Some of the simplest types of emergency water treatment are by boiling it or adding chlorine to it.
Boiling … to sanitize it:
Boil for about one minute, and then pour it back and forth from one container to another numerous times before drinking it which will help the taste. And of course getting it really cold it will improve flavor as well.
Chlorinating it:
Using household bleach, add about 1/8th teaspoon to a gallon of water and allow it to sit for about half an hour. You want it to have a slight chlorine smell so if you’re unable to smell the chlorine after you’ve allowed it to sit for half an hour, you will need to do it once again.
If you still don’t smell the chlorine , try another source of water…and realize that this kind of methods are not totally perfect but will be of assistance to you if you are ever desperately in need of emergency drinking water.
For basic water needs, such as laundry and hygiene, you shouldn’t need emergency water treatment. You can use rain water, creek water etc…Rain water is truly a perfect kind of water to wash your hair in …makes for nice soft shiny hair…:)