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What type of container is best for storing water? <br /> CConsumer Reports has consistently advised that glass or BPA-free plastics such as polyethylene <br /> are the safest choices.To be on the safe side, do not use any container with markings on the recycle <br /> symbol showing "7 PC" (code for BPA). You could also consider using stainless steel or aluminum with <br /> BPA-free liners. <br /> How much emergency water should I keep? <br /> Typically, 1 gallon per person per day is recommended. For a family of four, that would be 12 gallons for 3 days. Humans <br /> can survive without food for 1 month,but can survive only 1 week without water. <br /> How long can I store drinking water? <br /> The disinfectant in drinking water will eventually dissipate, even in a closed container. If that container housed bacteria <br /> before it was filled with tap water, the bacteria may continue to grow once the disinfectant has dissipated. Some experts <br /> believe that water could be stored up to six months before needing to be replaced.Refrigeration will help slow the bacterial <br /> growth. <br /> How long does it take a water supplier to produce one glass of drinking water? <br /> It could take up to 45 minutes to produce a single glass of drinking water. <br /> How many community water systems are there in the U.S.? <br /> About 53,000 public water systems across the United States process 34 billion gallons of water per day for home and <br /> commercial use.Eighty-five percent of the population is served by these systems. <br /> Fact or Fiction . <br /> ,4 <br /> A person can live about a month without food, but only about �, <br /> na week without water. (Fact: Dehydration symptoms generally `"''" '' <br /> become noticeable after only 2%of one's normal water volume has been r ; k : <br /> lost.) Ora. <br /> " <br /> �y <br /> A person should consume a half-gallon of water daily to live ' t-* <br /> healthily. (Fact:A person should drink at least 64 ounces, or 8 cups, of =' a` _ ,. °" <br /> water each day.) , 1_ +`moi <br /> Methods for the treatment and filtration of drinking water were } ,,,�V • <br /> developed only recently. (Fiction: Ancient Egyptians treated water ' �" . <br /> by siphoning water out of the top of huge jars after allowing the .. _. <br /> muddy water from the Nile River to settle.And Hippocrates, known as . e <br /> the father of medicine,directed people in Greece to boil and strain water <br /> before drinking it.) <br /> There is the same amount of water on Earth now as there was when <br /> the Earth was formed. (Fact: The water that comes from your faucet Public Meetings <br /> could contain molecules that dinosaurs drank!) The Elk River Utilities Commission <br /> A typical shower with a non-low-flow shower head uses more water meets regularly on the second <br /> than a bath. (Fiction:A typical shower uses less water than a bath.) Tuesday of every month at 3:30 p.m.The <br /> location for the meeting is 13069 Orono <br /> About half the water treated by public water systems is used for Parkway, in the Utilities Commission <br /> drinking and cooking. (Fiction:Actually, the amount used for cooking Room. <br /> and drinking is less than 1 percent of the total water produced!) <br /> One gallon of gasoline poured into a lake can contaminate <br /> approximately 750,000 gallons of water. (Fact) <br />