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Water: Store, Treat and Find Water in a South African Outage

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Water: Store, Treat and Find Water in a South African Outage

R329
Guide
R329
Delivery
None: instant download
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R329

A PDF you can open on any phone, tablet or computer. The download link appears as soon as payment is confirmed, and we email it to you too.

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About this item

How much water you really need (7.5, 15 and up to 20 litres per person per day), a table for 3, 10, 30 and 90 days, the hidden water in your home, how to store it so it stays safe, how to boil, bleach, sun treat or filter it, where to find more, boreholes, and how to stay clean on very little. Every figure says where it came from and when it was checked.

Details

Format
PDF, A4, 10 pages
Delivery
Instant download after payment

What is inside

  • A 10 page A4 PDF for South African households.
  • The benchmarks for litres per person per day, and a table by household size for 3, 10, 30 and 90 days.
  • The hidden water in your home and garden, and what you must never drink.
  • How to store water in food grade containers and when to replace it.
  • Boiling, bleach, sunlight and filters, with the tagged figures from the CDC and South African sources.
  • Where to find more water, boreholes and the South African rules we found, and the Cape Town Day Zero lessons.
  • Handwashing, toilets and washing on very little water, and a water plan to fill in.

What it really costs

  • FreeFilling clean containers from the tap before a cut, knowing where your hidden water is. No fee.
  • PaidFood grade containers, unscented bleach and a dropper, a filter. We do not quote shop prices because they move every week.
  • Optional paidA rain tank, a borehole, a solar pump. Much bigger spends, and optional.
  • Costs timeStoring the first three days. About one weekend (our estimate).

Questions people ask

What do I get when I buy?

An instant download: the 10 page PDF guide, with a fill-in plan and printable checklists at the end.

Do I need the main Power Cut Playbook first?

No. Each guide stands on its own. The main guide is the overview, and this one goes deeper on one topic. Reading both works best.

Is it only for South Africa?

It is written for South Africa: rand, municipalities, load shedding and local emergency numbers. A broader edition will come later.

How do I know the figures are right?

Every figure is tagged Official page, Third party (check), Our arithmetic, General advice or Not confirmed, with the date it was checked (4 November 2026), and the guide ends with a source table. Many figures come from summaries and news reports, and the tags say so.

Is this medical, legal or safety advice?

No. It is general information. Where health, law or safety matters it says what the sources say and tells you who to ask.

Will it be updated?

The plan is a short weekly update on what has changed, and a new edition when figures change. Each edition says its date.

Who wrote it?

Legacy Solutions Architecture, a Cape Town technology advisory firm. It was written with the help of an AI assistant, then checked, edited and published by us.

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