20 gallons a day per person, all purposes
7 gallons a day per horse, drinking
5-6 gallons a day per cow, drinking

Reccomendation is a 3-4 day supply

(This is from _Farm Machinery_ "Practical Hints for Handy-Men", ISBN 1-55821-951-x)

Of course, this assumes normal day to day operation--in survival mode, drinking water/sponge bath only, a person in a hot climate can (and has!) consumed as much as twelve liters a day. Of course, at the time, I was not acclimated to the heat/humidity of the region....

One gallon(4liters) per person per day is a minimum. I started small by washng out 2 L pop bottles and filling and adding 4 drops of bleach per liter. I refill every six months. At first I did this June 1 and Dec1 but as the amout I had stored went up I've started doing some every month to make it easier. I now use container up to and including the Reliance7 gallon containers. I've have decided for me the Reliance 2.5 gal containers are the way to go. They are easy to move and fill. While the 7 gal are nice having recently had a heart attack lifting 60 lbs isn't my idea of fun. I consider 1 2.5 gal containers to be a one day supply. If you can afford them the military water cans from Brigadequartermaster are the best going.

Bob

I am lucky, were I live I have a very high water table and a well that even in the driest summers has never gone dry.
One summer we pumped out over 100 gal and the next day it was back to were it was before we pumped it.

> 2-3 liters (more in hot conditions) for comsuption.
> 0.5 liter to brush your teeth.
> 2-3 liters for cooking and washing food.

I have measured my consumption at about 1l per day. I reckon 2l would include cooking. (For example, a portion of rice takes me 300ml.) Brushing my teeth can be done in 100ml each time.

recommended waterconsumption is 2 liters per day for a healthy adult. Being in a situation without water, usually also means a problem with other infrastructure. Like electricity, this mean more fysical work, which require additional water consumption.

I personally plan with a wide margen, it's beter to have too much, than too little.

A lot of that depends on what you're eating, where you're sourcing your food and how healthy you are (actually all that pertains to any kind of biological 'waste', cow or otherwise). In that kind of situation though, it's more about making a positive use out of your waste than the quality of the fertilizer, especially if services like sewer and waste disposal are not available. All the better since you don't need to foul gallons of water if you handle your personal waste via compost. And that's also why I recommended ppl find that book, because it addresses some of the short-comings of human waste as fertilizer.

I store water in 2 30gal. plastic drums in the cellar (2 people). BTW, Arizona Iced Tea jugs are very sturdy. I use them for water in the car & truck.

I start with 1 gallon per person per day, but store roughly twice what I expect to need. My stockpile now is almost all cases holding 3 one gallon bottles from WalMart. The bottles are those HDPE "milk jug" material which is fairly fragile, but the bottles just sit on a shelf, inside the cardboard boxes, so they're pretty protected. I don't rotate that water at all and some of it is approaching 2 years old now. I'll probably rotate it at the 3 or 4 year mark more because I'm worried about the plastic bottles holding up. I think a 3 gallon case is about $1.80 right now, so it's hard to beat the price. I used to store water in rinsed out 2 liter soda bottles and would consider it again just because of how much sturdier they are. They're just hard to stack and move unless you borrow some supermarket bottle trays.

I have 18 boxes or 54 gallons for my family of four. I also typically fill up some 7 and 5 gallon containers (and the bathtubs) when a hurricane approaches. Even in the worst likely case, that gives me enough for my family with plenty left for another family for a week.

I keep the minimum for drinking water: 1 gallon per person per day, and 1/2 gallon per pet per day. From March to November I also keep 40 gallons in the water tank of the RV. This gives me about 2 weeks worth. Not enough I know but it's a start. I'll get a few more Aquatainers in the near future.

AZ ioced tea jugs are great water jugs!