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Water

 Copyright © September 26, 2022 by Robert Wayne Atkins, P.E.
All Rights Reserved.

Introduction

Water is necessary for all the following reasons:
    Water Faucet
  1. Drinking Water: Most people drink some water every day. And some people drink nothing but water every day.
  2. Other Beverages: Water is the major ingredient in most beverages including tea, coffee, sodas, beer, wine, liquor, electrolyte drinks, fruit juice drinks, and milk. Without an adequate amount of water the fruit will not grow and yield fruit juice. Without an adequate amount of water cows, goats, and other animals will not be able to produce milk.
  3. Cooking Food: Many raw food items need to be washed before they can be cooked or eaten. And some foods are cooked in water.
  4. Cook Pots and Dishes: Pots, pans, dishes, and tableware need to be washed after they have been used for sanitation reasons and to prevent the spread of harmful bacteria that can grow on a dirty eating utensil.
  5. Laundry: The regular washing of clothing, bed sheets, bath towels, and kitchen towels helps to prevent the spread of disease.
  6. Dental Hygiene: Regular brushing of your teeth helps to prevent cavities and gum disease.
  7. Bathing: Washing your body is important to prevent health problems after you get dirty, or if you sweat heavily, or if it has been a few days since you last bathed.
  8. Toilets: In most countries the modern toilet stool uses water to flush human waste into some type of sewer system.
In many parts of the world people rarely think about the above because the above have always been available since they were born.

But in some parts of the world people invest about one-fourth of their day resupplying their daily water requirements.

And during the course of human history some areas of the world have become depopulated because their regular source of water either stopped flowing or it dried up.

What would happen to your family if you no longer had access to your current source of water?

Discussion

Water Dam If a family's water faucet stopped working for any reason then the average family would probably do one of the following:
  1. Ask a neighbor for some of their water.
  2. Ask a neighbor for permission to use the neighbor's bathroom, or they will use a nearby public restroom.
  3. Use disposable paper plates and plastic knives, forks, and spoons, or eat at nearby restaurant, or order carry-out food.
  4. Buy some drinking water at a local store.
  5. Wash their clothes at a nearby facility that has coin operated washing machines and clothes dryers.
Except for the above options most people refuse to invest one minute of their time thinking about how they would get water if something should happen to the entire water supply in their area.

If there was no water available anywhere within several miles of where your family sleeps at night then what short-term and long-term impact would that have on your family? If a fire were to start near your home then how could the firemen put out the fire if there was no water?

If you wish to invest a little of your time thinking about water before the absence of water forces you to make some drastic changes in the way you live, then may I suggest that you read the following article on my website: How to Find Water and How to Make Water Safe to Drink.

Conclusion

Nobody knows how the future will unfold except for God.

However, many nations all around the world are currently trying to figure out how to deal with: banking problems, currency problems, availability of fuel and electricity, drought and water availability, broken supply chains, a significant reduction in the amount of food that is available, and the very real possibility of World War III. And many people are extremely upset about how their own government is harassing some of their own honest law-abiding citizens who have done nothing wrong except they have a different political opinion.

When it comes to disaster planning there are currently two types of people:
  1. Someone who thinks that they have more important things to think about than the above issues. And if something really, really bad happens then their entire family will simply die just like most of the other people in the world, and that will be the end of it. (Note: Watching your family members die of thirst, starvation, and disease is not a pleasant way to depart from this life.)

  2. Someone who thinks that it is not a waste of time if they create some reasonable contingency plans that would be appropriate for the short-term and long-term survival of their family in the event that something bad were to happen.
Respectfully,
Grandpappy.

Grandpappy's e-mail address is: RobertWayneAtkins@hotmail.com

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