It’s not that it specifically needs to be non-potable, just that you shouldn’t waste drinking/cooking to wash yourself and flush toilets when you don’t know how long issues can last.
Rain water and eavestrough runoff water is fine for flushing and cleaning, and it doesn’t need to be kept in food-safe containers.
Oh I see, collect it when you can, because a surplus of water is better than just having water for drinking. This makes sense. I think people often forget how much water we use on a daily basis.
Why does it need to be non-potable? Or do you just mean to keep those functions in mind?
It’s not that it specifically needs to be non-potable, just that you shouldn’t waste drinking/cooking to wash yourself and flush toilets when you don’t know how long issues can last.
Rain water and eavestrough runoff water is fine for flushing and cleaning, and it doesn’t need to be kept in food-safe containers.
Oh I see, collect it when you can, because a surplus of water is better than just having water for drinking. This makes sense. I think people often forget how much water we use on a daily basis.
Basically, yeah. You can also water your plants with stuff that you wouldn’t drink too, instead of letting them die because of an emergency happening.
It doesn’t need to be non-potable, but it seems wasteful (in my opinion) to use potable water for flushing toilets.
Though that begs the question if it isn’t wasteful to save non-potable water when you could save potable water instead.
A person could have containers they wouldn’t drink out of but can hold liquid just fine.