Preparedness

WATER!
(and Sewer!)

How do you get water? Do you just turn-on the tap and there it is? (How did it get there?)

And it runs from the tap to the drain. (Where does it go?)

Some information about getting water and disposing of waste.

Water

United States Geological Survey has information on water

National Ground Water Association website

Water Quality Association website

Emergency Water Storage, by Vicki Tate

Emergency preparedness food, water and water storage items available from Epicenter.

Drinking Water Help from a professional (with notes on septic systems too).

Year 2000 Water Crisis website

Lehman's catalog has water and waste-disposal products.

Watertanks.com, information and products for water storage

Aquaflex emergency water storage containers.

Safe-Water.com sells the British Berkefeld/Doulton Filters, the "highest rated gravity-flow emergency/camping water filter in the world."

Bell Avon, Inc. of Picayune, Mississippi sells National Sanitation Foundation approved drinking water storage tanks at competitive prices.

Millennium Suppliers.Com sell water storage equipment.

Sewer

Septic Tank Systems a brief overview.

The Septic Information Website all you ever wanted to know.

Alternative Septic Systems

Septic Systems

Household cleaning products, do they damage septic systems?

Lehman's catalog has water and waste-disposal products.

Brief Relief sells emergency waste disposal kits for when the toilet doesn't work or for camping and such.

Sun-Mar composting toilets (including non-electric).

Biolet Composting toilets (including non-electric).

The Throne, an inexpensive temporary sanitary toilet solution.

---

Books

Planning for an Individual Water System
by American Association for Vocational Institute Materials Staff
Paperback
Published by Amer Assn for Vocational, 1982

The Drinking Water Book: A Complete Guide to Safe Drinking Water
by Colin Ingram
Paperback
Published by Ten Speed Press, 1991

The Home Water Supply: How to Find, Filter, Store and Conserve It
by Stu Campbell, Roger Griffith (Editor)
Paperback - 240 pages
Published by Storey Books, 1983

Cottage Water Systems: An Out-Of-The City Guide to Pumps, Plumbing, Water Purification, and Privies
by Max Burns
Paperback - 160 pages
Published by Cottage Life Books, 1993

Finding Water: A Guide to the Construction and Maintenance of Private Water Supplies
by Rick Brassington
Paperback - 282 pages 2nd edition
Published by John Wiley & Sons, 1995

Wells and Septic Systems
by Max Alth, Charlotte Alth, S. Blackwell Duncan (Contributor)
Paperback - 262 pages 2nd edition
Published by Tab Books, 1991

Country Plumbing: Living With a Septic System
by Gerry Hartigan, Bob Vogel (Illustrator)
Paperback - 80 pages Reprint edition
Published by Alan C Hood & Co, 1986

Septic Systems Handbook
by O. Benjamin Kaplan
Hardcover 2nd edition
Published by Lewis Publishers, Inc., 1991

Builder's Guide to Wells and Septic Systems (McGraw-Hill Builder's Guide Series)
by R. Dodge Woodson
Hardcover - 320 pages (March 1996)
Published by McGraw Hill, 1996

BACK to Ken L. Holder's "Preparedness" Page.

---

http://www.webleyweb.com/preparedness/water.html

---