Neighborhood Resilience
Filters, storage, and tools for safe, reliable water at home.
Most households have 1-2 days of drinking water stored. The gap to 7-30 days requires storage containers, filtration capability, and knowledge of safe collection sources.
The few water picks we would put first, each with a buy link we checked and a line on why it earns its place on a street.
Filters, a distiller and a high-volume purifier.
LifeStraw Community: a 0.02-micron gravity ultrafilter with no power or pump. One unit can cover drinking water for several households when a boil notice lands.
Price shown on retailer site.
Stackable water containers by the pallet.
WaterBrick 3.5-gallon stackable containers. Light enough to carry, they stack under a bed, and the pallet listing is set up for a group buy split across a block.
Check current price at WaterBrick
Fittings that route a downspout into a rain barrel.
Oatey inline downspout diverter: the cheapest step from a roof to a rain barrel, using plumbing-aisle parts that are easy to fix later.
Price shown on retailer site.
Everything else we carry for water. Some of these links could not be confirmed yet; the retailer has the final word on price and stock.
Food-safe containers for drinking water
Products coming soon in this category.
Remove contaminants from questionable sources
Products coming soon in this category.
Gather and move water safely
Products coming soon in this category.
Four households with large filters and storage can provide clean water to 15-20 homes through a simple distribution system using existing containers.
A few households with stored water and filters can run a temporary filling station for a street. The hard part is knowing who already has the barrels.
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Deeper knowledge for building water capability.