The Water Resilience Field Manual
A 43-page household water manual covering storage, treatment limits, sanitation, redundancy, and practical outage planning.
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Inside the manual
- Planning a household water reserve
- Container and storage decisions
- Treatment limits and boil-water guidance
- Sanitation and non-potable water
- Rotation, refill, redundancy, and short drills
- Printable worksheets and decision pages
Evidence and limits
The manual uses current CDC and EPA guidance for emergency water storage, treatment, and household preparedness. Source links are included where they are useful. It is general educational guidance, not individualized medical, engineering, or emergency advice.
San Francisco, 1906
The 1906 earthquake and fire is used as a case study because the city’s water problem was not simply a question of supply. Broken mains, fire demand, cisterns, and improvised distribution made the value of redundancy visible at city scale.
The planning framework
Collect · Distribute · Protect · Replace
Start with the first 72 hours
If you only need the essentials for a three-day outage, 72 Hours Without the Tap covers reserve size, containers, rotation, and treatment limits in a shorter free guide.