Assuming you know anything with regards to "urban survival," you know it is not about gun toting, camouflage wearing end-of-the-world types. Rather, it is about learning and practicing a skill set of urban survival techniques that will help you get through the rough times ahead.
Municipal water is something that people take for granted, can't live without, and are accustomed to see flowing freely from the tap. However, history shows us that during periods of great economic upheaval, a reliable water source for city dwellers is not something you will be able to take for granted.
2 Ways Your Water Supply is Insecure
The two most significant threats to your endless supply of clean drinking water are an interruption of the electrical power grid and a supply disruption that affects the water purification chemicals. An electric power failure means that the pumps won't be able to fill the water towers to keep up water pressure. A supply disruption, due to civil unrest or extreme price instability, will mean that the quality of the municipal water flowing from your tap will be unreliable.
In Argentina after the financial collapse of 2001, the Buenos Aires municipal water supply started to become much less reliable. Plain tap water that once was pure and clean suddenly developed black spots, smells and off colors. The citizens of the former wealthiest country in South America were forced to learn quickly how to deal with guaranteeing their safe water, which almost all did by beginning to depend on bottled water.
The terrible thing in regards to the water supply is that we just believe that "they" (whoever they are) will always make sure that we are taken care of. What we do not understand is the fact that "they" are just a small number of individuals operating municipal water treatment facilities that are super-automated and totally dependent upon both the electrical power grid as well as their judgment.
We trust that "they" will do the right thing when systems break down and treatment chemicals are impossible to come by, but the perilous times of financial upheaval we are experiencing will stress "them" just as they will stress everyone else. It's best not to have your life rely completely upon these systems, but to also have a "Plan B."
Learning methods to purify water as a city dweller, store extra drinking water in case of an emergency, and learning how to get the remaining drinkable water from your system once your pressure shuts off are typically things that will probably be top priority of any urban survival manual.
Besides guaranteeing a "Plan B" for a drinking water supply, there are plenty of other urban survival techniques including home defense, emergency power, food storage, etc. that should be mastered in order to be ready for the next Great Depression. As the signs of the economic storm on the horizon become clearer and clearer, the time for practical preventative measures is growing short.
To learn about all of the urban survival techniques you will need to get through the tough times ahead, you should consult a practical urban survival manual.
You may be surprised at how little preparation it takes to give yourself a great deal of peace of mind as you are positioned to meet disaster head on.
By Mike Kuykendall, Urban Survival Techniques Expert at Survive2day.
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