Water

According to the “Rule of 3′s”, humans are on death’s door after 3 days without water (on average). Because of this, water is our second most important currency of survival.

As human beings, water regulates all of our necessary body processes and functions. In fact, if you want to get right down to it, humans basically ARE water (roughly 98%).

From a survival standpoint, there are a couple main ways that we need to prepare ourselves with regard to water.

Water Storage

Your first line of defense is to have water stored in your home. Most sources recommend storing a gallon a day, per adult (don’t forget to take into consideration your pets–those guys need water too!).

Finding and Purifying

The second aspect of water that is important for us to keep in mind is finding and purifying water outside of our house. We need to make sure that we have the knowledge and equipment to be able to secure drinkable water on the go if necessary.

Check out the following prepisodes for topics related to water storage and purification:

It might not be water into wine, but the Hydropak pouches allow you to turn filthy, brackish, disgusting mud into a purified sports drink. How?

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As I talked about in Prepisode 164, my wife and I recently moved. As part of that process, my wife and I spent a week

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I’m 4 days into my week long “no running water challenge“, and due to a little inspiration I gathered from Brooklyn Prepper, today I made

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For the past few months, some friends on the Carry Fire Forum and myself, have been talking about ways to get out of the armchair.

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After last Tuesday’s prepisode on water purification, I had a couple comments from our good friend J-Web asking about water filtration using things around the

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Today I take a look at water purification, and specifically “double purification.” Quite simply, double purification means using 2 different methods (i.e. boiling and filtration,

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Cleaning A Hydration Bladder My hydration bladder has had water residue in it since I went camping with Cody, and after a couple weeks it’s

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VER-SA-TIL-I-TY.  Say it with me folks. Simply put, the Aquamira Frontier Pro is truly one of the MOST bang for your buck pieces of survival gear

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After posting Prepisode 18, on bulk water storage, I had a little something brought to my attention.  Many garden hoses, in fact MOST garden hoses,

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If you don’t have enough space to store a 55 gallon water barrel, I feel your pain.  Prior to moving to my Utah abode, my

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In the eternal order of things, water is sacred. He who is found possessed of it at the last day, it shall be well with

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Water is liquid life. Everyone knows that we can’t last long without it. But what do you do if you have to purify salt water?

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It’s time to get silly. On the coattails of finishing Cody Lundin’s 98.6: The Art of Keeping Your Ass Alive, I thought I would attempt

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