What would you do if you did not have clean water in your home to drink?

Hello dear beauty queen. I am wondering if electricity is the only thing used at home to do any cooking. Here in my home, we use both gas and electricity. We use gas to cook, but electricity for boiling water. If there is no electricity, we have another option, that is gas to boil water. As to the contaminated water, I can understand it because once there is a heavy rain for a few days, the water will be very brown. But I am very happy that the water we use in our building is not affected by the heavy rain because the water is from deep underground. But could you get big-bottled drinking water from somewhere else if possible at your end so that you don't have worry that much?

well,in this case,purifying the water by the method of boiling will be the best idea.......boiling will help killing the bacteria and thus making the water safe to drink........lolz

never occurred,i really don't know what to do

My husband and I have a disater kit made up of lots and lots of water everytime we empty a milk or tea jug we fill it with water,we have lots of flash lights and a camping stove with propane in case we have no electric to be able to cook on or what ever we may need heat for.You have a great night.

The answwer is that i just dont know,but the thought of having no water is a bad one...It must have been really hard trying to cope.I often look at things that are happening in the world and think how on earth do people manage to cope,but we all have our own ways of coping with different things in life.

i guess i'd go to walmart and buy me up a stock full of purified bottled water to drink. i lik it better than the tap water.

I have water already stored in the basement and rotate it occasionally. The way things are going, you never know when you might need it. I think people should think a little ahead.

I know that there are kits to be purchased before disasters, with some kind of tablet that purifies. Based on some conversations, not any real first hand knowledge, I would say put a drop or two of bleach in a gallon of water, or a drop or two of iodine. Not positive on that, though. I have a few jugs of water for drinking and some for flushing.

We usually stock up clean water in case of emergency. Since we are prone to typhoon we usually stocked clean water in the house. We usually don't used electricity for cooking, what we have are gas tanks, so it's not a problem boiling water in case there is no electricity. You can used firewood to boiled water, you just need to gather them and make a makeshift stove to put on you kettle. It's smoky but at least you have a clean water. There are tablet you can used to purify water. In case of flood, they usually distribute this stuff. It's really hard not to have a cleaned water but rainwater is safe, you can collect it with a clean container if it still raining. Good luck.

Been there! I live out in the county where I have a well. My whole house is electric, including my well pump. So when the electricity is off, so is my water. Years back, when hurricane Hugo came through, I found the answer to your question. First of all, I was at work all day and I didn't believe for one minute that a hurricane would come this far inland. I actually thought everyone was silly for talking about it all day. It was supposed to hit about 3 a.m. Just in case, I set the clock to get up, so I could check out the weather. I turned the TV on just in time to see the weather man for about a minute before the roof came crashing down on him. Then I believed! lol We did ok with only some of the roof damaged. A lot of damage to my rose bushes and trees. But we were ok. The roads were blocked with downed trees and power lines. The night before, just in case, I had filled some things with water for drinking. I also filled up the washer with water...which came in mighty handy for flushing toilets. But none of it lasted long. When they cleared the streets, I went to the next town to my Dad's. He lived in a retirement complex, and lots of those people filled up water jugs for me. That gets really old, really fast, though. I learned my lesson and now keep jugs of water from the store in my outbuildings. Just in case. I also keep batteries for the flashlights and radio, emergency candles, a first-aid kit and canned food! So, even if I don't believe it next time, I'll at least have something! lol

I really wouldn't know. I've never been in the situation before. I know that I don't like the water where I live, so my grandma fills up all her two liters and empty milk cartons with water and gives them to me.

Well thats not very nice. sorry to hear about the problems you have gone throuhg. Well the only suggestions which comes to mind is, you must first boil the wate that is most important. Eveb start using this boil water to cook food and not only drinking water. It is a hassle but at the end you know you are safe.

Well ever since I moved to Beijing we have had to use water bottles. Basically everyone has water despencers in their homes, and you know how they have the water bottle on top with the 2 taps hot and cold. well I've had to put up with them for 5 years. but nothing major has made life difficult. I still can use tap water to brush teeth, but certainly not drink. Well living without clean water at all would be a crysis, I highy doubt I could survive long. -Sound

If you didn't have clean water in your house to drink all you do is boil some dirty water. Then you take a metal coat hanger and make it slanted acrossed to water vapors from the boiling water. And put a cup at the bottom of the coat hanger and the water that drips in the cup will be sanitized enouph that it wont make you sick when you drink it.