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2 HN users recommended this between 2014 and 2016, in 2 comments.
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You can also just buy a few LifeStraws (assuming you aren't in a desert climate). They're super handy while hiking anyway.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006QF3TW4
edit: My thinking was that you could use any other freshwater supply nearby. Not that you should use a contaminated supply. This is more practical for me than storing 40 gallons of emergency water in my home.
It's very sensible to prep for small or extended periods of supply-chain breakdown. My wife and I have taken the following precautions:
- We have a few LifeStraw personal water filters [1]. These things are awesome -- one of them filters up to 1,000 liters of drinking water. Very reasonable price too ($20, you can get them for cheaper occasionally on sites like woot). I'd argue these are the most important items we own.
- We have an abundance of canned goods. This isn't primarily meant for "prepping", but we always buy more canned goods than we need when we find them on sale.
- This won't apply to everyone, but we have a large amount of heirloom seeds we've collected over the past few years. We have ~9.5 acres of land, so if things were to ever get rough (and plants still grew) we'd be able to get food that way.
[1] - https://www.amazon.com/LifeStraw-LSPHF017-Personal-Water-Fil...