> PaulR is correct: "25 or .5 gal/day is bare survival, i.e. avoid death by dehydration. If preparing, go for
> 1 gal/day or more."
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> And that is in a temperate climate with very LIMITED activity.
My usual consumption is about 1l per day. I have a glass of juice in the morning, some milk on cereal for breakfast, 3 cups of coffee through the day, and that's about it - 200ml each adds up to 1l, which I think is just over 2 US pints.Some days I might have an extra glass, or use some more water for cooking, but 4 pints a day would be ample. This is in the UK climate doing my usual desk job. I appreciate much of the US is sunnier, and if you are wielding a chainsaw after a hurricane you will be exerting more, so your milage can vary.
> Dehydration is also underrated in the winter, since people seem to feel less need to drink.
Agreed. As I understand it, when it's cold, you need to generate more heat internally to keep warm, and that metabolism uses water (and food).
> Anythine with caffene is a NEGATIVE not a positive. <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
Does the smiley mean you know that isn't true? People who drink a lot of coffee get very good at extracting water from it. Some people have tea or coffee as the only fluids they drink. We get a lot of our water from food, too. (So if you store dried food, rice etc, you need to increase your water budget accordingly.)
There are a lot of myths about water. Some health fanatics drink far more than they need, and the body passes it harmlessly, so they can keep doing it.
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