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Start your Emergency Prep with H2O
People can survive for weeks without food, but only a few days without water. This makes water the key ingredient to start your preparedness efforts. You need enough water to last you 14 days. Your goal is to have one gallon of water per person per day. Here’s what you need to know to get started .
Prepare Out Loud in Portland (9/25), Gresham (9/26) and Sherwood (9/27)
Your actions and voice can play a central role in building a culture of resilience. Join us at an upcoming Prepare Out Loud event to find out how. While you’re there, visit our table and enter to win an emergency water container. Come for the free resources, and leave inspired to get your community prepared. Learn more and register here.
Take the #14Gallons Challenge
Most people know they need to add water to their emergency kit, but more than 50% of those recently surveyed in the Portland metro area said that they do not have emergency water supplies in their home.
Help set an example by taking the #14Gallons Challenge this month. You could win a 7-gallon container!  It’s easy – here’s how.
Items needed to treat water, including bleach, purification tablets, filter and boiling methods.
New how-to video highlights items needed to treat water
While it is important to store water for an emergency, it is also important to have the items you'll need to make more water safe to drink in an emergency. The Consortium's new how-to video goes over the items you’ll need to treat water four common ways here: http://bit.ly/TreatH2O
Water Providers Plan Ahead with Kits for Staff
Employee readiness is important to businesses large and small because it determines how quickly everyone can get back to work after a disaster. Several local water providers are giving their employees back packs that include an emergency three-day supply of food, water, and first aid supplies as part of their employee readiness efforts. These kits will help staff be able to make sure water is there for you when you need it – even during an emergency. Water providers are also connecting their employees with the information and resources they need to put together well-equipped home emergency kits .
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Spanish-language resources available
In addition to the water conservation tips released earlier in the year, the Consortium website now has information related to emergency preparedness. Recently added resources highlight the importance of having a 14 day emergency water supply, how to store emergency water and how to access water from a water heater .
Get your free water preparedness kit today!
Free supplies to help you with your emergency prep
Request a FREE water preparedness kit and find out how to store your emergency water and how to access water from your water heater. Each kit also contains a one-gallon emergency water bag that you can add to your emergency kit.

Water preparedness kits are available to customers served by Consortium members during September, 2018.   Offer valid while supplies last. Limit one kit per household.