Water - it's as essential as the air we breathe and the food we eat. We use it for everything from drinking to hygiene. It cleans our bodies, our clothing and dishes. It keeps us from 
becoming dehydrated. And, yet, it's an element that's often taken for granted in our modern world because of the wide availability of water, from your tap or the store.
Being a society that runs almost primarily on grid-generated power, however, we are often just one power outage away from water that's too contaminated for consumption, should it result in local water purification companies going offline.
Ask yourself the following:
- If there were a power shortage or extended water break in your area today, would you have enough water to get your family through the rough patch?
- If you do, do you also have purification methods in place to make it drinkable and healthy for other uses, such as first aid?
These are tough questions but also those we should both ask and have an answer for. Being prepared for a water shortage/outage can make all the difference in health and hygiene for the duration.
Being able to locate water, store and purify it is a necessary part of running a household that's self-sustaining. The Ultimate Survival Skills water purification handbook, "The Do's and Dont's of Drinking Water Chlorination", gives a comprehensive look at the various methods of purifying water for household use, so you can be prepared with a supply of emergency water if and when you need it.
Be sure to also check out our emergency food section for more useful info on preparing a store of food, identifying edible plants and more!
"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" - Benjamin Franklin
Water is the most crucial element for staying alive, even more so than food. Having a variety of water purification methods to choose from is necessary in the event that you can't use your usual method. This ebook offers the steps of many techniques, so you can be prepared in advance!
As the shock wears off and the days wear on, the biggest demand is for drinking water. This concise but informative guide covers how emergency water purification can be achieved with a simple household cleaning agent.
Do you have a plan B in the event of your water stores being destroyed? In cases like this, it's important that you know how to identify a secondary source of and purify water. This short comprehensive guide delivers the goods.
Water treatment systems can't remove every contaminant all the time, so it's important to be armed with the info you need to safely reduce your exposure to them. This technical guide to chlorination provides the details necessary to disinfect larger stores of drinking water.
It's one thing to know how to drop a tablet in water to sterilize it for drinking but it's quite another to be able to locate new sources and use multiple methods to purify and store it. Water for Survival is a must-have guide for those who want extensive knowledge in emergency water supply.
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Have you ever wondered of what would happen if when there is no water due to natural or manmade disasters? Most people don't have knowledge on what to do in this type of situation. The motive of Emergency Water is to educate the reader on options for water storage, water sources, purifying, conservation etc during tough times. A must read for learner of survivalist skills.
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