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What Happens if Your City Runs Out of Water?

This post is by Bernie Carr, apartmentprepper.com I was checking out various news sites and learned about the latest crisis in Capetown in South Africa. The city is rapidly running out of the water, because of a prolonged drought brought about by El Nino conditions. Their water crisis has gotten so bad that officials are expecting to see supplies run about by April 12th if usage continues at the current rate. April 12 is being named as Day Zero, an […]

7 Emergency Water Sources for Apartment Dwellers

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This post is by Bernie Carr, apartmentprepper.com Water is such a crucial need – you can only go three days without water. A lot of people who prepare plan to fill the bathtub before a hurricane, ice storm or other predicted emergency. However, if a disaster were to happen suddenly, it would not be possible to fill the bathtub ahead of time. To be sure you are prepared for a sudden water emergency, store enough water for drinking as […]

Testing our Tap Water

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This post is by Bernie Carr, apartmentprepper.com I received a home Water Analysis Test Kit from watertestingkits.com. They make a variety of at home water test kits that test for ten different contaminants, including lead and bacteria. With the recent news about many city water being contaminated, I was curious to see if our own drinking water has bacteria or pesticides. The testing kit I received included tests for bacteria, lead, pesticide, iron, copper, alkalinity, nitrites and nitrates and chlorine. […]