Regardless of conservation campaigns, new statistics show that California’s drought is only getting worse. With several homes in Santa Clarita ignoring conservation efforts, and rainfall at an all time low, it’s important that Californians realize the magnitude of this emergency.
Though all households should do all they can to cut back on water use, it is also important to create an emergency water storage system incase of a crisis. If we don’t have water stored now, during an emergency drought it may become an ethical as well as practical question as to how much is actually available for each household.
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The World Health Organization recommends keeping 2 to 3 gallons of water per person for a 2 week period on hand. This can mean almost 120 gallons of water for the average family of 4 in Santa Clarita. However, taking that much water from the local reservoir can have a meaningful impact during a drought.
This is especially true with bottled water, which needs replaced every six months.
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According to Dave Foucar of Lifetank, due to the lack of flow in bottled water “stagnation occurs, leading to bacteria, parasite and algae growth that renders water unsafe to drink.” Due to this, bottled water must be replaced before stagnation allows contamination of the water supply.
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If several households begin to store water in a way that must be replaced, it could have a meaningful effect on local water supplies. One solution is to use water that needs to be replaced for non-drinking purposes such as gardening and cleaning instead of dumping it down the drain.
Another solution is to store only imported water purchased from a local market. This means of storage will have little to no impact on the local water supply.
An even easier solution is through the use of an integrated flow through tank system such as Lifetank. Lifetank is installed into existing plumbing system through the same type of hose connection used with dishwashers and hot water heaters.
Once installed the tank automatically fills and maintains a flow through normal household water use. When water is turned on it flows from the bottom of the tank to the home and is replenished from the local water source through the top. This creates a flow that avoids the stagnation that occurs in bottled water without the need for maintenance, or more importantly, waste.
Lifetanks revolutionary system of storage allows households to store all the water they need while at the same time doing their part to conserve during the drought.
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