Prep-101 Month #2: Water Is Essential To Life

 

 

Prep-101 Month #2: Water

This month in Prep-101, we will focus on water.  Water is absolutely essential to life.  You will not survive more than 3 days without water.  We need water to drink, to be sanitary, for cleaning wounds, for laundry.  It is essential.   Yet, I think this incredibly important topic often gets overlooked for a few reasons:

1. We can’t truly imagine life without water.  We use it all day, every day, it is next to free and we tend to take it for granted.
2. If you get past #1, you start to realize that you will need a LOT of water and it can be overwhelming to know where to start.

 

My purpose / goal this month is to make water storage / purification as do-able as possible.  I want to take the “I’m SO OVERWHELMED” feeling out of the picture and give you clear and simple goals for your family.   We will talk about water storage, water filtration and water purification.  I will share ideas that are less expensive but more time consuming along with more expensive, but less time consuming ideas.

 

Here is a summary of what you can expect this month.  And don’t forget to enter the giveaway!

 

Why Store Water: It is essential to life.  You cannot live for long with out water.  Water can be shut off for a number of reason.  It may also become contaminated for a number of reasons.  Most everyone will need to live without running water for at least a brief period of time.	Challenge #2 (your assignment): (1)  Find a way to store more water than you now have stored with a minimum of 3 gallons per person.  (ready.gov and fema’s minimum recommendation) (2)  Also, learn how to purify water and purchase any tools you’d like to help you do so. .
Section Chapters: Overview: Water is Essential to Life 1 – How Much Water Do I Need to Store? 2 – How to Store My Water: Choosing Your Containers 3 – How to Store Water: Keeping it Safe 4-  Nine ideas for rotating your stored water 5 – Making Water Safe: Water Purification vs Water Filtration 6 – Real life experiences – living without water.	Free Printables: How Much Water Should I Store Worksheet?
Helpful Products: There are a LOT of products out there for water storage and purification.  It can be tough to sort through them all.  You can find my favorite here (based on research I’ve done and products I’ve used):	Giveaway: This month, the winner of our giveaway will get to choose their prize.  Choose a 55 gallon water storage system or four sawyer mini water filters!

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