Articles · Topic
Articles about Sanitation
15 articles across 3 sections
Section
Self-Reliance
Hygiene and Sanitation, Medical Preparedness
How hygiene and sanitation change when water is disrupted, facilities are unavailable, or normal household routines cannot be maintained, and the health risks of getting it wrong.
Hygiene During Emergencies
Emergency hygiene as illness prevention, handwashing when water is limited, personal hygiene without normal access, waste disposal, shelter hygiene, and vulnerable populations.
Public Health Basics, Respond, Skills
Public health basics for household preparedness, correct handwashing technique and timing, household illness isolation, food safety during power outages, oral rehydration solution, wound care and inf
Public Health, Medical Preparedness
Household-level public health preparedness: disease prevention, vaccination documentation, outbreak response, and the steps every household can take to protect community health during emergencies.
Sanitation Without Water: When to Flush, When to Bag, and What to Do with Waste
How to bucket-flush a toilet when the water is off, the four times to stop flushing, bagging your own toilet or a bucket, drain traps, and storing and disposing of waste, from county health agencies, CDC, and EPA.
Shellfish Gathering: Harvesting Mussels, Oysters, and Bivalves Safely
Harvesting wild shellfish safely, including the harvest-water classification system and biotoxin risks that cooking cannot eliminate.
Surface Disinfection During Disruptions
The correct CDC bleach ratios for disinfecting counters, food prep areas, and shared surfaces during an emergency. What to mix, how long to leave it, and the mistakes that make it dangerous or useless.
Section
Preparedness
The 90-Day Household Preparedness Guide
A printable 90-day household preparedness guide in 22 short modules with worksheets and a one-page master checklist: the first 72 hours, what each layer costs, a household profile, water storage, sources and treatment with CDC bleach measurements, meal-based food planning and rotation, energy priorities, generator and carbon monoxide safety, cooking and heating without grid power, heat and cold warning signs, medicine and medical devices, sanitation, alerts, staying or evacuating, documents and cash, children, older adults and pets, a daily routine, and a 13-week build schedule and tracker. Opens with the October 2026 Pentagon 90-day base planning news and what official household guidance actually says.
Emergency Sanitation and Continence
When water stops or caregiving services are interrupted. Portable sanitation, continence supply planning, hygiene without running water, and maintaining dignity during a multi-day disruption.
Emergency Sanitation When Plumbing Stops
What to do when the toilet stops working and you live in an apartment with no yard. Emergency toilet setup, waste containment, hygiene without running
The 16 Top Water Readiness Items
Sixteen water readiness items ranked in acquisition order: store, treat, test and collect, then manage wastewater, to the two-week benchmark.
Tier Three: Emergency Sanitation When the Water Stops
Items 21 through 30: a complete emergency toilet system, hand hygiene, and two weeks of supplies for a household with no water pressure and no waste collection.
Water Preparedness Kit: Three Tiers From Starter to Complete
Build a water preparedness kit at any budget. Starter ($50–100), Standard ($200–400), or Complete ($500–1,500+). Every tier covers storage, treatment, hygiene, and sanitation.
Section
Gear and Buying Guides
Emergency Hygiene Supplies: The Definitive Buyer's Handbook
A sourced buyer's handbook for emergency hygiene supplies: why the CDC ranks soap and water ahead of hand sanitizer, what to read on a sanitizer label, how to wash with stored water, and how to build a two-week hygiene supply.
Health & Medical Books
The best books for household medical preparedness, field medicine, wilderness first aid, and emergency care when professional help is far away. Buy a copy, or find it at your local library.