If you're drinking city water (from a tap) and don't know where you're water is coming from.............you may be drinking septic pool water.
For years and years since the 1970's our "city" water has come from a well. But over the last 10 years or so, they had a lot of trouble keeping it from filling with sand. So their solution was to tie into a major water pipe about 10 miles up the road that fed Tupelo, and was taken from the Tombigbee River. You could call the Tombigbee "the little muddy", and be right.
For reference the Big Muddy is in Ill.
They run the river water through a huge water treatment plant up on the hill overlooking the river. And like I said if the Shumer event happens who will man and do all the all to keep it running? And then will our local water system revert back to a well? Who will do all the all to keep it running?
So getting your own water and purifying it will be your own responsibility.
And the standard "gallon of water a day" per person measurement is for survival purposes only. Not taking a bath, washing dishes, washing dog poo off of your shoes, watering the garden, grass, etc....
And BTW the city on the other side of the river. Does have a well+. SB's dad worked for the cities water dept. and wouldn't drink the city water due to the +. Walmart sells a lot of bottled water over there.
You might consider checking out your city water system.
