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Water

Learn how to store, conserve and manage one of your most important resources.

Food-safe water storage jugs and a rain barrel beside a weathered house wall
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Let's make sure you know where your water comes from — and what you'll do if it stops.

Your Water Plan

Let's build your starting water plan.

Your Water Progress
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Water Basics lessons stay available offline, so guidance is there during an outage.

Water Basics

Store it, use it wisely, rotate it, collect it — built gradually, one manageable step at a time.

7 SkillsBeginnerAvailable offline
  1. 01How Much Water Do I Need?Work out a realistic household water target you can actually reach. 7 min Offline Verified guidance
  2. 02Choose Safe Water ContainersWhat should — and should not — hold water you intend to drink. 6 min Offline Verified guidance
  3. 03Build Your Water Supply GraduallyA container at a time, until three days becomes a week. 6 min Offline
  4. 04Store Water CorrectlyWhere you put it matters as much as how much you have. 6 min Offline Verified guidance
  5. 05Rotate & Check Stored WaterKeep what you stored trustworthy with a simple routine. 5 min Offline Verified guidance
  6. 06Use Less Water During an OutageStretch what you have without going without. 6 min Offline
  7. 07Understand Water Treatment BasicsHow households make questionable water safer — using verified guidance only. 8 min Offline Verified guidance
Advanced Water

These open once the basics are in place. Anything involving treatment or natural sources will use verified public-health guidance — never improvised numbers.

  • Rainwater CollectionCatchment, storage and what collected rain can and can't be used for.
  • Wells & Private Water SourcesHow private supplies work, and when they need testing.
  • Water FiltrationWhat filters actually remove — and what they don't.
  • Emergency Water TreatmentVerified public-health guidance for making questionable water safer.
  • Water ConservationEveryday habits that lower how much you depend on the tap.
  • Household Water SystemsShutoffs, heaters, pumps and pressure — how your house actually plumbs.
  • Long-Term Water PlanningScaling a supply past a couple of weeks without going extreme.