History of water supply and sanitation

History of water supply and sanitation

       A wiki link on the subject can be found at:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_water_supply_and_sanitation

            A wiki link on water wells can be found at:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_well

 

Conventional wisdom is the minimum requirement for human use of water is one (1) gallon per day (US gallon), which is 3.8 liters per day. If you have less than that, consider rationing water in all of its uses. Last, conventional wisdom is that humans can survive up to three days without water, depending on the situation, of course.

One does not want to get dehydrated (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dehydrated), for example. To get dehydrated invites a miserable mental and physical condition and possible death.