This is the seventh post in a series of posts that will cover each area of threats/risks as they pertain to emergencies, disasters, and grid-down events. Each check list has been taken from the associated “layering” article for each area of risks and threats. This series is based on the “7 Common Risks/Threats” article I produced a few years ago.

As I have reviewed the disasters in the last 40+ years I noticed pattern develop, a pattern of common risks, or threats, that were present each and every time. Granted, in some situation/incidents one or more items were far more prominent but they were all there.

This particular check list applies to the risk/threat of dehydration…in other words…water storage.

This topic is virtually self-explanatory. You must have a source of clean water to survive. Water storage and ability to produce sanitized water is vital. Without it you go from being disoriented to sick to dead in a relatively short period of time.

Problem: You can last 3 – 5 days without water before you will die. Drinking contaminated water assures you and/or your family of an agonizing death.

Solution: Have an initial supply of transportable water storage. Have the ability to purify sufficient quantities of highly contaminated water into potable water (purified drinking/cooking water).

Partial Preview of the “dehydration – water storage” PDF File –< click here to download the complete “dehydration – water storage” checklist PDF file >

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All Articles in this series –

• Check List – Introduction
• Check List – Violence
• Check List – Injury or Sickness
• Check List – Communications
• Check List – Organization
• Check List – Starvation (food storage)
• Check List – Dehydration (water storage)
• Check List – Exposure
• Check List – Misc.

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Related Articles –

• WATER: Part 1 – Introduction
• Layering & the Common 7: Part #6 – Dehydration
• 7 Common Risks/Threats
• Threats, Risk, and Mitigation: Introduction

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