Desert Dwellers In Danger Of No Water

 

Screen Shot 2013-11-06 at 4.38.52 PMMore than 30 million Americans call the desert home, and the vast amount of water that they get comes from a few sources that originate hundreds of miles away. An intricate network of rivers, dams, reservoirs, canals and wells provide this arid region with the water that is necessary for life, and unfortunately all of these sources are extremely vulnerable to becoming compromised. Both natural and man-made events can reduce or even eliminate this delicate systems that allows millions to live in an otherwise hostile environment. Unfortunately, most people are in no way prepared to deal with an immediate water crisis, and one event can turn in to a life and death scenario.
 
One bomb, one earthquake or one toxic chemical spill or act of terror can destroy a water supply that feeds in to Arizona, Nevada, Utah or California. Think about this. One dam that is over 50 years old is all that stands between a reservoir and the water being released in to the desert where it will quickly evaporate. One canal that stretches for hundreds of miles is all that feeds many communities, and it is easy to contaminate it. Terrorists have planned, and failed (up until this point) to poison this water supply), but nothing is guaranteeing that they will not succeed in the future.
 
One earthquake is enough to shatter and decimate this weak and ineffective system and force millions of people to have only a few days to secure another water source. Nobody really understands how our water delivery system to the American southwest is vulnerable and inadequate, and it only takes one crisis, which WILL happen sooner or later to jeopardize the population cities all over the west. This is no joke, no scare tactic or dramatic tale of woe. It is a reality that needs to be addressed before lives are in danger.
 
If the municipal water supply is compromised to any city along the pipeline, the only real alternative is to tap in to underground aquifers or buy bottled water. Unfortunately, bottled water needs to be transported over great distances, and most western underground aquifers are already dry or nearing the point where water can no longer be pumped to the surface. It will only take a single event, that will happen in the blink of an eye to immediately and tragically create a survival nightmare for millions, and you need to be prepared so that when this happens you will be able to rest easy.
 
There are few choices other than to stand in line at water distribution centers that are administered by officials in order to obtain what you need on a daily basis. Shelves will be empty in stores, wells and taps will run dry, and the only way to get water will be from whatever rationing is taking place. Anyone who has a supply of water in their homes or offices will be best suited to avoid this scenario, and desert dwellers should make sure to have a weeks supply on hand. This sounds like over kill, but when thinking about the logistics of bringing in supplies to affected areas in addition to the dry climate of the region, water disappears quickly. It is always better to be safe than sorry, and water is priority number one for those who live in the west and southwest.
 
The problem with this area of the country is that you can not even go to the local lake or river and filter or purify your own water. Unless you have a desalination system set-up, you will not be able to use seawater either. You can cut a cactus if you live in Arizona, or you can go to the mountains and get snow and fresh stream water, but for the most of us, in the most realistic scenario possible, water will be unavailable as soon as one of these few, inadequate and fragile sources is taken down.
 
Stockpiling your own water supply is essential. Nothing replaces being proactive in any survival scenario, and for those in the Southwest and West, this takes precedence over anything else. Whether a natural disaster or an act of terror or war causes supplies to go offline, you do not have much time to act. Never put yourself in a position where you risk losing access to water, and always make sure that you have more than enough on hand to carry you through until other options become available. If you have to flee your area in the desert for any reason, also make sure that you have a trunk full of water as well so that you can travel great distances without worrying about re-supplying along the way to your destination. We will face a huge water crisis that none of us have ever experienced before, and you need to be ready.

 

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