Living Without Running Water: An Emergency Water Storage Guide

So, I turned off our running water for 48 hours and lived on our emergency water storage this week.  I did this as a test and learning experience.

I honestly didn’t expect to learn too much.  I mean, I’ve had emergency water storage for years and felt like I already knew quite a bit. Well, I’ve been humbled!

I actually learned a lot more than I thought I would, and I am going to share it all with you.

Why I tried to survive without water

My goal was really just to see how much of our emergency water storage we would need for a period of time. I wanted to make sure we had enough reserve to last for a decent amount of time.

But I learned so much more than I expected.  I’m so glad I did this experiment.

I highly encourage you to do the same if you haven’t already! When I say I learned a lot, I really did!

This post is a bit long because of it!  But I’ve tried to make it easy for you to scan through it and find the info that most applies to you, so don’t get too overwhelmed!

What I learned from living without water

Below are some of my main experiences during my experiment of going without water for a few days. These are my thoughts, feelings, and experiences – they may vary for each person, but I definitely learned a lot about myself here.

Anxiety is a real issue when faced with an emergency

One of my biggest takeaways from this is that my kids will experience severe anxiety in an emergency situation! Of course I knew they would be afraid and concerned, but the level of anxiety they experienced was nothing I was prepared for.

I did not tell my kids that this was a “test.”  I just told them our water wasn’t working. 

One of my 6 year old twins started crying and asked what we were going to do.  He said something like this:

“Water is my favorite drink, and I really like baths.  And I think my teeth will fall out if I can’t brush them.  What are we going to do Mom?”

Seriously?  I was actually rather surprised at his strong reaction (and my other kids followed suit).

So, what did I learn here?

I realized I need to take a better approach to preparing my kids for an emergency so they do not have this kind of reaction.

  1. I need to make sure I have enough water stored that I can keep our lives relatively normal in the event of a water shortage/contamination. Once my kids realized they could still brush their teeth and have a bath (with less water of course) their fears subsided.
  2. I am grateful that he has now been through this “crisis.”  If we ever truly have to face a long-term water shortage, he will be much more prepared and confident in our ability to do so. There will be just a bit less anxiety in our home than there would have been without this practice.
  3. I need to review all kinds of emergencies with my kids so they have an idea of what to expect in a variety of situations. One of my goals is to create a printable or coloring sheet that will help them understand some of what we may go through!

Laundry will be a huge challenge

I am actually a bit embarrassed to admit that I haven’t ever really considered how I would do laundry in an emergency!

The night before we started this challenge, my son asked if I could clean a shirt for him to wear to school. I told him I wouldn’t have it clean by the next morning, but that I was planning to do laundry the next day, so he could wear it the day after.  Then, I woke up to my water off and couldn’t do all that laundry!

So, what did I learn here?

  1. I think that instead of having one laundry day where I do all our laundry, I will try to do a load a day or so. That way we will always have some clean clothes and could get by for a few days to a week with doing no laundry.
  2. I will add a bit of water into my totals (listed at the end of this post) for the amount of water I would expect my family to use each week.
  3. I will keep my kid’s “too small” clothes just a bit longer.  In an emergency situation, I’d be totally fine with them wearing slightly high-water pants! I’d just be grateful for the additional clean clothes! 
  4. I will be doing a bunch of research on how to do laundry in an emergency to come up with a solution that will work best for our family. I will actually try out different methods and share what I learn here on the blog.

*Update: I have done this!  Click on the related post below for more info.

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My kids go to the bathroom a lot more than I thought

Seriously, WAY too often!

We didn’t flush every time they went, but anytime it was “stinky,” we did! 

We filled up the back of the toilet with our stored water, and we flushed it. But about half a day into it, I realized that in a true emergency, it wouldn’t just be our water that was off, and we wouldn’t be able to flush!

So, again, a bit embarrassed here, but I’m just now realizing how important it is to have some way for us to dispose of/take care of that type of waste in an emergency.

Had we not be able to flush, it would have been a serious issue in just those two days. Not only would it have been unpleasant, but it would have been unsafe and unsanitary. 

I can’t even imagine what it would have been like for weeks or a month!

My husband had the idea to dig a hole in the backyard and go there. Not a horrible idea, but that would quickly become a serious health issue. Untreated raw sewage can pollute fresh ground water supplies. It can also attract flies and promotes the spread of awful diseases.

So, what did I learn here?

  1. First, in a short-term emergency where the plumbing is still working, we will use “grey” (dirty dish/bath water) to flush.  I will keep the grey water for this purpose instead of dumping it.
  2. Second, I will be investing in a bunch of these toilet waste bags.  These bags are 100% biodegradeable and are solid sturdy bags that can be placed in a bucket or even in your real toilet (all for keeping things as normal as possible, right?).
  3. Each bag comes with a bio-gel application that turns fecal matter into an Enviro-Friendly material meaning you can dispose of it with your normal trash.  I will likely purchase some of the deodorant product too.
  4. Next, I will be investing in this bucket seat cover.  We go through a lot of 5 & 6 gallon buckets at my house.  I usually just give them away, but I will be keeping one and putting this cover on it (and the waste bags in it) in case we need to leave home and don’t want to pollute other areas!
  5. Last, I will also be investing in a few more sanitizing wipes (like Clorox wipes) to make keeping our hands, toilets, floors, and  counters safe and clean a bit easier without depleting our water supply.

I think dish water is gross!

I know that all you true “survivalists” will laugh a bit at this, and I admit it is a first world problem. 

I can admit that I’m spoiled!

When I wash dishes with running water, I get the dishes just a bit damp and then put a drop of soap on each. I use a wet rag to wash them and put them clean, but still a bit soapy, back in the sink. Then I spray and rinse each dish individually and dry them. 

I feel like this gets them truly clean, and I like things to be clean.

But that processes uses more water than I was willing to use in our mock emergency situation.

For this test I put about a gallon of water in the sink with soap in one side of the sink and a clear gallon of water in the other side. I washed them in the soap side, and rinsed them in the clean water side.

But by the time I was done, both sides of the sink looked gross. It just felt so unsanitary to me that I was reusing all the same water.

So, what did I learn here?

There are lots of solutions to this issue (just read the comments below for additional suggestions), but this is what I will do:

  • I will store more paper products like plates and cups. We can burn them in our fire pit when done using them, so I feel fine about it environmentally. It will save time/stress in a true emergency, and I won’t have to wash my dishes in dirty water!
  • I will accept the fact that I like to clean/wash my dishes individually and increase my emergency water storage accordingly. Even with paper products, I will still have pots, pans, serving spoons etc., that will need to be cleaned.

Bathing takes less water than I thought

The #1 reason I’ve pushed for storing way more than the recommended one gallon per person per day is because I felt like bathing would take a LOT of water!

But really, it didn’t.

I bathed with about two gallons of water. I bathed my kids in about 4 gallons total (the boys shared and the girls shared).  So, if we bathed every other day, that is only about 110 gallons out of our emergency water storage for our family for an entire month. 

Plus, it didn’t take more than a few gallons of hot water to make the baths comfortably warm!

I did learn, however, that I really don’t like sponge baths for the same reason I don’t like washing dishes in dirty water. I prefer showers, and so does my husband.

I know that many families would be able to use less water by sharing their bath water, and again, true “survivalists” might laugh at me.  But for me, I’d rather store more water and have my own two gallons! Of course circumstances may dictate what I use!

So, what did I learn here?

  1. I will decrease the amount of emergency water storage I’ve planned to store for bathing/showering.
  2. I will be purchasing a solar shower that we can hang outside to get warm (if it is sunny) and then move and use in our regular shower. As a bonus, this could also be used if we had to pack up and go for any reason.

Different sized water containers are a good thing

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Image Credit: Canva.

I’ve always taught people that you should have lots of different sized water containers.

But now that I’ve actually lived it (kind of), I’m even more convinced that it is important. It was nice to be able to quickly grab a drink or some water for cooking.

The 5 gallon jugs with spigot were perfect for a makeshift faucet. The 55 gallon water drums are what I recommend to store large amounts of water.

Moving the water from those big barrels to the 5 gallon jugs was simple with our siphon pump.  We only had to pump it three-four times, and then the water just flowed right out. 

My problem was getting it to stop, I ended up spilling a bit each time I used it.

So, what did I learn here?

Even though we have quite a few different sized containers,  I will still be making a few adjustments:

  1. I will be purchasing more 5 gallon jugs with spigots. Right now we only have four, and I’d like to be able to have one jug at each sink.
  2. I will be purchasing an additional siphon pump in case ours breaks. It made transferring water from one barrel to the next so easy and I do NOT want to be without it!

How much emergency water we used

The original purpose of this entire experiment was to determine how much of our emergency water storage we used so that I could feel more secure in the amount of water we are storing.

Over the entire 48 hour period, we used 34 gallons.

  • 10 of those gallons were used flushing toilets. I will no longer be storing water to flush toilets as we will use grey water and or the bio-treatments.
  • I’m adding 1 gallon “extra” because in an emergency we will likely get dirtier, and possibly have wounds etc. to clean.  This just makes me feel a little extra safe.
  • I’m adding 2 gallons extra for dish cleaning water, because I’m spoiled and like my dishes really clean. 
  • I’m adding 2 gallons for drinking water. I realized on day 2 that we were drinking lots of milk and OJ, stuff from the fridge. I want to be able to have enough water if we have nothing else to drink.
  • I’m adding 3 gallons (10 gallons/week) for laundry based on my powerless laundry experiment.  This would allow me to do about 1/2 of the laundry I currently do. We’d just wear our clothes twice as long.

So that is 32 gallons total for 2 days or 16 gallons per day for our family’s emergency water storage.

How much water I will store

In order to maintain a somewhat normal routine in the event that our running water was shut off, our family would need about 2.67 gallons per person per day.

For a family of six this breaks down to:

  • 48 gallons for a 3 day supply
  • 112 gallons for a 1 week supply
  • 224 gallons for a 2 week supply
  • 480 gallons for a one month (30 day) supply

Personally, my emergency water storage goal is a one month supply. 

I plan to do that in the following way:

  • 12 Five gallon jugs (60 gallons)
  • 12 water bottle 24 packs  (38 gallons)
  • 7 fifty-five gallon barrels (385 gallons)

In addition, I would like to have the ability to filter/sanitize water for our family of six for six months. That is about 3000 gallons for our family.

If you are interested in a similar goal, you can find lots of ways (some free) to filter/clean water here: Making Water Safe to Drink: Water Purification vs Water Filtration.

I’d love to hear from you!

Have you ever lived without running water for a period of time whether as practice or for a real emergency? I would love to hear what you learned from the experience. Save

 

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Becky is a wildlife enthusiast and pet and livestock care expert with a diploma in canine nutrition. With over a decade of experience in animal welfare, Becky lends her expertise to Simple Family Preparedness through insightful info about pets, livestock, bee keeping, and the practicalities of homesteading.

168 thoughts on “Living Without Running Water: An Emergency Water Storage Guide”

  1. Thank you so much for this article! Our house hasn’t had running water for the last three days due to city infrastructure issues (freezing pipes!!) and I’m not optimistic that the problem will be resolved in the next few days. I was looking for ideas on how to make our remaining time without running water a little more pleasant. As silly as it seems, I hadn’t even considered adding a faucet attachment to our water container to make washing hands/dishes easier, and I hadn’t thought about getting a solar/camping shower! Thanks again– I really appreciate it!

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  2. Thanks for your interesting article, Misty.

    And thanks to all the great comments as well.

    Our well frequently goes dry, sometimes for several months. It’s dry right now and it’s particularly hard because I am having health issues which are making coping even more difficult. We buy bottled water; use hand sanitizer, disposable dishes, cups, cutlery, bakeware, slow cooker liners, microwave steamer bags, and cleaning wipes. We go to the laundromat; and shower at our daughter’s home. Flushing the toilet is problematic, even when kept to a minimum. We developed a pretty creative solution last summer. We have a sump in the basement which virtually always has runoff surface water from around the house. This water normally flows out of the house and down the hill through a pipe until it empties into a ditch. My husband set up an electric pump which we use to fill a bucket for flushing the toilet. We just pour it into the bowl and skip the tank.

    Obviously, many of our adaptations would not work if there were a real emergency. Plus, we don’t like to such ecologically unfriendly methods.

    When we do have a little water start to be available, I like to wash dishes (especially pots, pans, and cooking utensils). Hand washing in a sink full of hot water is they way I grew up with dishwashing, so I’m OK with that. I do like to rinse them each thoroughly in fresh water, but I just learned that in the UK it is common practice to skip the rinse step altogether and put the soapy dishes directly into the drying rack. I probably won’t go that far, but when I can next wash them, I plan to fill the second sink with fresh hot water and dip the dishes in that.

    I can’t get out much with my health issues, so personal hygiene is mostly limited to a sponge bath from the sink. However, I have found an amazing product from a company in Norway: Norwex. They make ecological cleaning products, both household and personal. They have products which use silver which is now used in operating rooms. I use the personal body cloth with silver for my sponge baths. I do need to use water, but I can limit it.

    Kitty’s comments on laundry reminded me of washing laundry with my grandmother. She used a good sized metal funnel turned upside down with a long wooden handle nailed into the tube part of the funnel. The clothes and water were put into a large stone sink and the “plunging” motion of the funnel provided the agitation. Clothes were then wrung out by hand, and placed in a stone sink of clean water, wrung by hand again, and hung on the line. Of course, the water was reused for multiple loads: cleanest first, dirtiest last. Lots of work. She was in her 80’s at the time, lived until 104.

    Finally, after shoveling snow for hours almost daily in a very long driveway, my husband does not care to follow this tip: My mother used to melt large pots of snow on a hotplate–enough to wash diapers for 2 babies at once! I think if my health were better, I would follow her example. My only change would be I wouldn’t bother with using energy to melt the snow, I’d just bring it in the house and let the room temperature do the job.

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  3. In 2003 in Iraq, there was a shortage of water for us troops, we were allowed one shower every other day with potable water. We learned to fill a few of the one liter bottles with non potable water and shower with those. It worked good, get wet and soap up with one, rinse with the other. We used drinking water to brush teeth with. I got so used to it I did that for the most part of the deployment, it made hassles with other units a lot less. Also, clothes were washed in non potable water. One thing if you shave or use a razor, make sure you have rubbing alcohol to clean your razor in, don’t want staph infection develop in a zombie apocalypse situation. 😀

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  4. I tip i found was that if you do canning, as you are eating your food throughout the year fill the empty jars with water to store. You have to save the jars anyway so you might as well store some water in them too!

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  5. My experience with the solar shower is that the water can become quite, even skin-burning, hot so plans should be made for mixing it with cooler water or to carefully allow it to heat just to desired temperature

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  6. One tip: put a barrier like wood between plastic containers and concrete. The lye from concrete will leach into the container and water, ruining it. We found out to late:-(

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    • Hi TJ,
      I’m wondering what kind of plastic you were using for storage? Was it the blue or white food-grade plastic designed for long storage, or was it reused plastic from other sources?
      Thanks!

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      • We used the giant blue barrels used for long term water storage. We still have the tainted barrels and water (they’r not cheap!) And plan to use that water for bathing, washing clothes etc.
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        We recycled the white food grade bins and threw away the beams and wheat… no saving that. :

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  7. I found your article very interesting. We have to haul every drop of water that we use and store it in an underground cistern. Doing this has forced us to become more water efficient. From washing dishes once a day, using a wringer washer for laundry, canning/cooking differently, and super quick showers. I highly recommend a cistern for water storage. Even during power outages we have 2000 gal. of safe water available. We installed a hand pump to access it without electricity. Something to think about when using paper products, is how you will dispose of them in the event of a disaster that disrupts trash service. Of course that wouldn’t be an issue if it was just a week or two.

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    • Thanks for your insight Christina! I love when those with more experience than me leave comments. As for the paper products, we will burn them in our fire pit. (-:

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  8. I live in one of those countries where the water is unsafe. We just went through a typhoon that knocked out both electricity and water for days. I learned a lot. There are many types of water. Water can be recycled, e.g: The water you wash your dishes (or the laundry) in can be saved and used to flush the toilet. Here many toilets are the bucket flush style, they have no tank. When you want to flush you take a bucket with about 1.5 liters of water and dump it into the toilet bowl. Everything flushes away. It is silly to dump water down the drain when it could be used for other things. You don’t need clean water to flush with.
    Washing dishes can be greatly reduced if you cover your plates, etc. with plastic wrap. When you are done eating, just peel off the wrap, throw it away and your dish is ready to use again. If you have foods in the meal that need to be cut up, serve them already cut so your table knife doesn’t puncture the wrap on your dinner plate. Plastic wrap works on bowls, drinking cups, even spoons. Caution: Don’t pour very hot liquids into wrapped dishes, let it cool a bit before serving.
    Rain water is good for bathing and washing. If you prefer a shower, try a “bucket bath.” Put your warmed water into a bucket and use a dipper to ladle enough water over you to wet your skin, then lather up, scrub yourself with your cloth, then ladle water over your skin again and rinse. It takes just a few ladles of water to get a good rinse.
    On the subject of stored water, all water from the faucet has germs in it. It may not have many, but it isn’t sterile. As it sits the bacteria multiply. The longer it is stored the more germs it has. Often the color or clearness doesn’t change. That is fine if it only going to be used for bathing or laundry but it can be dangerous for drinking or washing dishes. Boil it first if you are going to use it internally.
    I have learned a lot living in a third world country. I have learned a lot about what you really can live without and what is important to maintain good health.

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  9. You can still flush without power, the Power puts the water in the tank….I suggest you use your bath water….or used water to flush with….and plain rain water if you can…..actually a rain Bartell is probably a need as in a real emergency you will have to plant a garden. ….cleaning clothes, when deployed to Kuwait for the with at er had to wash our own clothes, we used a low tub with water and soap and you swirl it around and then rub the clothes together to get friction and then with a wring out as much water as you can then in your clean water tub you swish out all the soap…like you would a rag when cleaning again wring out as much water as you can and hang to dry, a lot of people would put softner in the clean water just a tad, since clothes that hang to dry are a bit stiff

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  10. Thanks for this article. We have been without running water since 12/24/13 (today being 4/5/14) as our water line froze underground and broke and the ground here in Vermont will be frozen for a few more weeks, we can’t repair the problem until then. We have learned a lot about water use and conservation via trial and error over the last few weeks (months!) and there are a couple things you mentioned that I wish we had thought of sooner. SIPHON PUMP is a must! We have done laundry at a laundromat and taken showers at friends and family’s houses as well as at a local gym and my husband’s work, but everything else is pretty much the way you described it. This experience has led us to decide to become more prepared for a possible future event like this. Again, thank you for your tips!

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  11. Google Humanure Handbook. That will take care if your poop in the most sanitary way possible with no waste and an end product that can help you grow fresh food to boot! 🙂

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  12. Currently I have had no water for 11 days. We go thru 4 gallons daily just for toilet flushing, 2 gallons daily for dishes, 2 to 4 gallons every other day bathing purposes, upto 3 gallons cooking depending on what we r having, 2 gallons for drinking daily for us n dogs. Our water has been frozen on the mountain n we have been working on it but very hard in these cold climates. I have complete gratitude for people who have lived this way. Really does make us stop n think about what we have n what we take for granted.

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  13. I was raised differently than most folks so here are a few suggestions that I didn’t see. You wash your dishes in dishpans in the sink, then you take the sudsy dish water and use that to mop the floor. You take the mop water and pour down the commode. Your savings is huge on water use. Same with washing up in the bathroom. Put a plastic bowl in the sink. Use that to do your washing up and then use that for flushing. I was raised with well water and usually a few weeks every year of my life, we would have to conserve water from our well or we would conserve water that we would haul from elsewhere.

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  14. ok, you asked for comments, so here we go.
    First I’d like to point out that in a long term emergency, it could be important to know how and WHERE to put an outhouse, because those have been used for a long time and can be sanitary if positioned wisely. also, in that scenario lime is your friend. lime keeps bacteria and smell down AND insects as well. in a long term emergency those bags of human waste could become just as much of a hazard as tossing your poop out the window (a la Dark ages stories) Those bags will become a burden in very short order so that’s something that needs to be considered.

    Second, about laundry. it might work to get a fresh new toilet plunger to use as a washer. you can use the plunger to wash clothes in a 5 gal bucket for small families or to wash clothes in the bathtub for larger families but there again. in a long term emergency you’ll want a wash tub or two. a wash tub can be placed on a stand and save a lot of bending and lifting.

    I was going to comment on the siphoning but see it’s been covered.

    For what it’s worth, Kitty

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    • Thanks for the great comment and tips Kitty (and I apologize for my very late response!). I think the bags I have should be fine. Each bag comes with a ChemiSan application that turns fecal matter into na Enviro-Friendly material. Or am I missing something? And I do plan on the plunger being one of the laundry methods that I try!

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      • The ChemSan sounds fine. I’ve never researched it, but I assume you have. I was only pointing out that outhouses are NOT unsanitary if sited, dug, used, and cared for properly and could be a HELP in a long term grid down situation. I have used them, and have been in nasty ones and well cared for ones. our Fair ground even uses them but they do use SOMETHING to help keep down the odor.

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  15. I read your article and while I agree with you I want to tell you that for almost a year I lived in a tent with no facilities what so ever and my hair was very shiny due to washing in cold river water. My potty was a hole with a bucket. My kitchen was a sand fire pit. As to the bathing I bathed in the river as well as washing clothes and dishes. As a result of this I am very aware of how lucky we have it. I don’t waste water.

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  16. Man, wow. I feel for my mother after reading this. We went several times with out running water for a couple of years due to pipes being poorly covered and froze and broke. We lived out in the middle of no where (with a few neighbors) but there was no store to run to that was not hours away. I do not have any ill memory about it either, it was a lot of work, but fun still. We also had no electricity except one hour a night to do laundry six days a week, and often it was not working or ran out of gas, so we had 3 washing machines, 2 electric with a ringer, and 1 manual with a ringer as well. lots of carasine lamps etc. wood stove, and a propane stove. I cannot imagine how worried she must have been. On another note have you heard of the https://humanurehandbook.com/ solves a lot of the toilet issues, it sounds nasty oh yes lol, my sister practically had to tie me down and make me listen to her read the first chapter to me lol. it really opened my eyes to another serious mistake human civilization has made to hurt our planet sheesh! check it out.

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  17. Very good article. Well written and the thoughts for improvement give me ideas. Is your storage upstairs (not in the basement)?

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  18. This was quite an amusing article and relatable as I’ve been living without water for 2 years+. We use the exact same method of make shift faucets with the design only slightly different.

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  19. I’m on day 3 of no water. Not voluntary. We live in the country and the water co is not dependable. I’m ashamed to say we are not prepared for this. I had some gallon bottles stored but not nearly enough and some of them collapsed or evaporated or something. I am going to use your site as a starting point. Thank you for doing this!

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    • You are very welcome Debbie. I’m sorry I took so long to respond, but I hope you have your water back and that things are going better!

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  20. I live (on my own property) in an old RV. (WHY I live in the RV when I have a house is a story for another time & place). The plumbing in the RV was seriously wrecked when I bought it (for VERY cheap) so it’s not attached to a water supply. Although I have city water on the property it’s a HUGE pain in the….someplace…to avail myself of it. I fill up various sized containers with water once a week & make do with that. I enjoyed reading about your experiences.

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  21. We used the solar shower when we were remodeling our bathroom. We only have one bathroom and it was out of service for about a week, the toilet did work though since they were only replacing the shower.
    What we did—used hot water from the kitchen sink to fill the solar bag, so my guess is you could heat water on the stove then fill the solar shower and shower that way.

    We filled the solar shower bag using hot water from the kitchen sink and rigged it up and showered in our horse trailer. It worked since our only one shower was out of service due to remodeling.

    Hope this helps.

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  22. Hi, I think for the Laundry a trip to south America would help you learn. they use a concrete slab and a bar of soap with very little water to get the job done. When we came back from Colombia we toted about 6 bars of Jabon Rey, that we keep in our emergency supplies, and also for when I have tough stains that need to be scrubbed out. I’ve also seen the brand Vel Rosita at some Latino Markets here in the U.S.
    Again for the dishes I think that South American’s get it right. They have a soap that can be used with unfiltered water so that you don’t have to use the drinking water when washing dishes. It’s pretty rough on skin, but the dishes end up clean with small amounts of water that is not even boiled or sanitized. My preferred brand is Axion dishwashing paste. It’s the paste that works in low water areas. It doesn’t suds up like liquid soap, but boy it gets the job done right. I really like it for when we go camping.
    We just ordered some jugs to start our water storage, so this was a great article to help me know what else we could do. Thanks!!

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  23. THANK YOU! I’m trying to work more on preparing my food and water storage and your tips and thoughts through experience really are great! I LOVE the idea of a trial 1-2 day run too, just for practice…THANK YOU!

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  24. We might have to try this. We don’t have any faucet containers. However, the strongest part is I doubt that my girls would stay calm. It would be a good practice of emotional control during an emergency. Thanks for so many good things to think about.

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