Chapter 3 – How To Store Water

 

Every person in your family will need to drink around half a gallon of drinking water per day to function normally.  For infants, nursing mothers, anyone suffering from an injury or an illness, or anyone who has to work, even more than this is likely to be needed.

 

We also require a large amount of water each day for preparing food, washing clothes, cleaning etc.  An extra gallon per person, per day is required for cooking and hygiene needs.

 

There is no getting away from it – we need a lot of water.  But the problem is that water is heavy, bulky, costly and is not at all easy to store.  Moreover, in everyday life, water appears to be cheap and is freely available and piped directly into our homes.   When an emergency hits, water will revert to the expensive and difficult-to-come-by commodity and anything we can do to secure our supply of water will be well worth it.