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The bare minimum for water requirements in an emergency situation is 28 gallons a month per person. This is inclusive of two quarts of drinking water and two quarts of bathing and clean-up water. Considering the average person uses between 1,500 and 2,400 gallons of water each month during normal times, the estimate of 28 gallons is an admittedly frugal recommendation and is purely for bare necessity purposes due to storage issues. If you have your heart set on filling a bathtub now and then, you should store more. Much more!

At the very least, one month’s worth of water should be stored for each member of your family or group, but that’s with the proviso there is a nearby water source and you have a quality water purifier available to process water for drinking, cooking, and clean-up.

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Water Storage

It is important to store water safely, otherwise you could put aside enough water to fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool and still be outside the safe zone. The following are methods to safely store water for drinking: