Water is the elixir of life and in an emergency situation, the rescue and survival drink of choice.
FEMA recommends that every home and office should have one gallon of water per person, for drinking and sanitation, for three days. We agree.
If you live in a warm climate more water may be required.
So for a family of four, a minimum of 12 gallons of water is recommended and more for the unexpected guest or visitor to meet recommended emergency preparedness levels. That is over 100 lbs of water. If you are thinking about buying water, don’t plan on getting this all done in one day. An easy way to gather your water is to bring a gallon or two of water home every time you go to the market until you have collected what you need now.
Water can be purchased or collected and stored in tightly sealed clean plastic containers with your emergency supplies with no expiration.
Emergency water is a great thing to bring to seniors who may require assistance bringing heavy supplies into their home or others who may neglect this important addition to their home or office emergency supplies.
Just in case, leave additional water in your car.
This task is easy, but gets easily overlooked. Consider that there may be an emergency that temporarily disrupts the water supply. With this generous supply of water, you are assured that your family will have survival levels of water, in case of emergency.
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