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DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Store and purify enough drinking water for your household when supply stops during flood, earthquake, or contamination event.
The essentials if you need to act right now.
Fifteen litres per person for three days. Clean bottles. Rotate every six months. Boil or purify unknown water.
What might I see? Observable signs — no diagnosis required.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Household has no stored water beyond one day of normal use.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — You do not know how to make river or tanker water safe to drink.
Optional deeper explanation — not required to act.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — WHO and NDMA both rank safe water as top priority after disasters — piped supply often fails or contaminates in floods.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — FEMA standard: minimum 4 litres per person per day for drinking and basic hygiene — Indian heat may need more.
Check the scene before you approach.
Civilian-safe actions you can take.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Count household members — multiply by 15 litres for 3-day minimum stock.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Use food-grade plastic drums or bottles — not old chemical containers.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Store in cool dark place — sunlight grows algae in clear bottles.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Buy ORS sachets and chlorine tablets from pharmacy for go-bag.
When and how to get professional help.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Store and purify water. Report municipal contamination alerts. Do not guess chemical treatment doses.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Municipal water tanker schedules broadcast on radio during outages — listen on battery radio.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — 108 if child shows severe dehydration — no tears, sunken eyes, lethargy.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Bloody diarrhoea or high fever after bad water needs hospital care.
Dangerous actions, when not to attempt rescue, and common myths.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do NOT drink untreated flood water or water with fuel or chemical smell.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do NOT use more chlorine than packet says — overdose harms health.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Clear water from a well is always safe
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — WHO states visible clarity does not mean safe — flood and sewage can contaminate wells without smell.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Cholera and typhoid from untreated well water after flood.
What you can do before an emergency happens.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Before monsoon: clean rooftop tank and check municipal advisory on chlorination.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Practice boiling and cooling small batch so family knows taste and time needed.
Other scenarios in the same family.
Disability prep
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Plan for wheelchair users, blind, deaf, and neurodiverse family members so emergencies do not cut access to mobility, communication, or medicine.
Earthquake prep
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Prepare your home and family for earthquakes — secure furniture, know drop-cover-hold, and plan for aftershocks.
Elderly prep
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Help elderly family members prepare for emergencies when mobility, memory, or chronic illness makes evacuation harder.
Heat prep
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Prepare for extreme heat — stay hydrated, keep home cool, and protect elderly, children, and outdoor workers.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Pregnant women and infants need safest water — prioritize boiled supply.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Stocking water is only for villages without piped supply
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Urban floods and pump failures cut city water too. NDMA recommends storage in all households.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Dehydration when city supply stops for days after cyclone.