YOUR fresh drinking water in a National Emergency....?

Question

This is spurred on by a question someone asked about what you would do in a power outage, as she wasn't prepared, and it was an ordeal for her to get through one night, and part of a day with no power.

Many of you (probably most) have city water. By the way, I'm in the U.S.A. and I'm imparting information on the U.S. system, not another country.

If you recieve TREATED city water, and it is almost all treated now, at the very most your city has a seven day supply of clean water for you in a National Emergency.

Checmicals to treat city water arrive on a "just in time" basis. There is not one single city in the entire U.S. that has more than a seven day supply of chemicals. Many only have a three day supply.

After that, the water may become so full of bacteria is it unsafe for you to drink.

Even if you live in cities and have city water, you need to store water in case of an emergency. How many of you knew that?

Answer 1

i live in the country and always have so water is not really an issue if the power goes out. there is a creek in the backyard and a neighbor has an artesian  well with an overflow just down the street

Answer 2

I live in a farm which is off the grid and we are self sufficient for a min of 4 months.

Answer 3

I have a well and the ability to get water from it without power..  Woohoo!

I knew about that and would never have just city water..  It's a good idea to have a backup plan..

Answer 4

I have 6 or 7 huge jugs of store bought water in my basement.  And if I run out of that during an emergency, then I'll just have to start drinking beer!!!

Answer 5

I didn't know that reserve supply was that low.  But I know why the treatment chemicals stocks namely chlorine are kept low, they don't want to keep more supplies of deadly chlorine than they absolutely have to, plus its now a terrorist target.

Answer 6

If there is a storm u should have enough water and food for a minimum of 3 days. I always try for 7 days.

Answer 7

I knew when i lived in a city; we have a well now.

Answer 8

I have decided to put up my own water tower with a 50 year capacity.  When global warming dries up everyone else's water, I will have plenty to make margaritas.

Answer 9

One thing we have in out emergency kit came out of back packing.  You can get water purifying tablets or capsules in your camping section of your Walmarts, KMart, etc.