How to Survive a Water Shortage Emergency

Sooner or later, each of us will be impacted by a situation that limits our water supply. Whether it is a drought, natural disaster, or some kind of interruption or breakage in the supply line, water is the most important part of our lives after air.

When hurricane Helene swept through Greene County Tennessee, it not only knocked down multiple bridges, but also the water intake facility, which has caused a County wide water halt.

These top tips were conserving water in an emergency situation will help you to prioritize water usage, and give some ideas on what to do until the water is restored. Many of these tips were glean from public posts on Facebook that people shared as they tried to help other people make wise decisions.

We are an off grid family, we have lived off grid for over six years, and much of the information shared is glean from our experience with rainwater catchment, living off grid and just life on a Homestead

Some of the items mentioned in today’s video will be posted with links so that you can find them for your use.

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[RidgeHavenHomestead]

Please share your best tips for saving water during an emergency!

[ShelleysSeasons]

Great video, and I agree. We've gotten very creative reusing water or melting snow. We have had many pipes bust during winter and have lost electricity for days so we have learned to be prepared for certain weather issues. Plus we've camped a lot and use to not having the normal life style. We are officially off grid part time now. We spend 4 nights on the property and the other three days in town to prep and check on my mother. glad you guys are good, still praying and now catching up on vids!

[southwesthomestead]

So relieved to see your face healthy and safe! We have no well and haul water. We have a 2500 gallon house tank and several tanks around our property for animals. We have a pump on our house tank and use submersible pumps connected to a small generator for the other tanks. We save all of our gallon jugs and fill with water and a few drops of bleach for emergency water.
I am so happy to hear that you and your family are okay. It's been devastating to see so many of the homesteaders I follow experiencing so much loss.
We have several children and grandchildren and my mother in law in the path of the coming hurricane Milton. We are on edge to say the least. We have propane in our gas grill and could boil water. We also have camp stoves we could use to boil water. I always carry a life straw with me in my vehicle and have made a home made water filter system with ceramic filters just in case (home made Burkey ).