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Preparing and Storing an Emergency Safe Drinking Water Supply

, , andAndrea Albertin

Release Date: 8/12/2020

Reviewed At: 1/8/2024

DOI: 10.32473/edis-ss439-2019

Family and Consumer Sciences

Abstract

The purpose of this fact sheet is to emphasize the importance of having a personal safe drinking water supply during an emergency and to describe the steps that Florida's citizens should take to prepare and store drinking water.

About this Publication

This document is SL220, one of a series of the Department of Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date October 2004. Revised February 2010, June 2016, and December 2019. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.

How to Cite

Albertin, A., & Obreza, T. (2020). Preparing and Storing an Emergency Safe Drinking Water Supply. EDIS, 2020(4). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-ss439-2019

Authors

Shuchi Shukla
Shuchi Shukla

former engineer, UF/IFAS Southwest Florida Research and Education Center, Immokalee, FL

Thomas Obreza
Thomas Obreza

former senior associate dean for Extension, director of IFAS Nutrient Management Program, and associate director of UF/IFAS Office of Dean for Extension and Florida Cooperative Extension Office, and professor emeritus, UF/IFAS Department of Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences, Gainesville, FL

Andrea Albertin
Andrea Albertin
Contact
Specialized Agent
University of Florida

regional specialized agent and Extension agent III, Ph.D., water resources, UF/IFAS Extension, Quincy, FL

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