Atlanta is currently suffering from a major water main break that has put half the city under a boil-water advisory. The city government is reportedly bringing in pallets of bottled water, so there hopefully will not be any real crisis here. But I expect this will be a wake-up call for a lot of people who have not given much thought to prepping.
There are also major droughts in Mexico City and Bogota, threatening to dry out their taps.
Do you all have any tips for folk with how to prep for loss of water service, especially for folk in cities where they may not have a ton of storage space or land for collecting water?
I’ll start off by referring to the US FEMA guidelines: One gallon of water per person per day. In my experience the best format is those upright 1-gallon bottles with the opening in the top middle (not the milk-jug style with the handle).
I’m sure they’re out by now in your area, but 5 gallon jugs (office cooler style) are at Home Depot/Lowes under normal circumstances. or install an undersink Reverse Osmosis system with a UV filter.
Sorry for the late reply.
I feel your question is a quiet country and living situation specific.
Here in Germany the guideline says to store 2 Liters (0,53 Gallons) per person per day and to have a stock of 10 days.
Having this said, our country is smaller, ways are shorter… supply chains easier to establish.
You could talke your problem by a ) have some canned water stored as the guidelines say, b ) get informed about water sanitation with filters and chemicals and prep these items.
Without owning some property, having enough storing room and for example a well, you won’t be able to be really independent.
So my best advice is you prepare to bridge the time until supply is up again (may it be logistics or pipe), or until you can move to a different unaffected location.
