Emergency Water

Emergency Supplies: Emergency Water

You will not survive without EMERGENCY WATER STORAGE. It is a historical fact that water utilities fail in disasters due to broken pipes and the lack of electricity to run pumping and treatment facilities. It is also a fact that the government can never prepare for a wide scale disaster. You will be on your own.

Emergency water storage requires a water barrel, water tote, barrel pump, bung wrench, chemicals to treat water, and some method of filtering ground water when your stored water runs out and a water test kit for water testing.

YOU MUST have at least 1 gallon of water per person per day for at least 2 weeks AND PREFERABLY A MONTH. This sounds like a lot of water, but it is not. When the next disaster strikes, a family of four will need one fifty-five gallon barrel to ration over the next two weeks. To live comfortably you would need three or four 55 gallon barrels.

Want to depend on someone else for your security? Keep this in mind. If a moderate to major earthquake hit Los Angeles, California today, and only half of the population lost access to water for two weeks, the government would need to bring in 25,863,740 gallons of water over the two week period just to provide subsistence water. Twenty-five million gallons of water just to survive. That is 1,847,410 gallons of water a day over roadways that will surely be damaged by the earthquake.

Product Choices for Emergency Water

Emergency Water Pouch

An emergency water pouch provides just over 4 ounces of purified water in a Mylar foil bag that has been sealed for freshness. Water pouches are used in vehicles, emergency kits, and anywhere small individual servings or safe water are needed.

Water Preserver

Water preserver and stabilizer products are used to treat potable water for long term storage. The basic function of water preserver is to kill the bad stuff in your stored water and to prevent the growth of harmful biological contaminants that could render your water storage useless.

Water Test Kits

Water Test Kits can be used to check your water for various types of contaminants. The is especially important after a disaster or during a time when water quality is questionable. Water test kits can be used to test well water or city water.

Water Storage Containers

Water is the most important preparedness item you can have. You can only live for about 3 days without potable water. There are two categories of survival water that you should focus on. The first in priority is water storage containers. You should store one gallon of water per person for two weeks first, then work toward three months. Finally, as budget allows, you should work up to a level of two gallons per person per day for two weeks and for three months. This sounds like a lot of water, but understanding that the average person in America uses between 123 and 150 gallons of water per day, one or two gallons is really not that much.

Water Filter and Purifier

The second category of survival water that you should prepare for is water filter, water purifier, and water treatment. During long term failure of municipal water systems and wells, it may become necessary for you to acquire water from sources that may be contaminated. It is important to have a means of filtering or treating the water to insure it is free from dangerous bacteria and harmful chemicals.

Featured products under "Emergency Water"

Mayday Survival Water Pouch 100 Pack

Price $32.99

This Survival Water Pouchs in this Mayday Water Pouch case is ideal for adding to your survival kits, the glove box of a car, CERT kits, personal hygiene kits and more. Shipping is costly on water pouches and this case is the most cost effective.

Mayday Survival Water Pouch 6 Pack

Price $1.39

Water pouch kits with six water pouches provide you with 25 oz of water per day or just over 1/4th of a gallon. Stored water is essential to survival.

Seychelle Water Filter Bottle

Price $21.99

Seychelle water filter bottles are used worldwide to protect travelers and missionaries from contaminated water. This 28 oz bottle filters 100 gallons, which is equal to the number of gallons a Sport Berkey will filter.

Water Test Kit for Well Water Testing

Price $19.95

The WaterSafe water test kit for wells is a do-it-yourself water testing kit that can help you determine if you have unsafe levels of chlorine, bacteria, or toxins from pesticides coming from your well water. This water test kit also identifies pH levels and hard water measurements. It is very easy to use.