After a water outage occurs, efforts should be made to figure out the root cause of the water outage. The relevant departments should promptly release information through the media, explaining the reasons for the water outage and what preparations citizens should make.
1. After the water supply at home is cut off, clean and safe water sources should be chosen. You can purchase purified water or mineral water at the mall to ensure hygiene and safety.
2. If there is water stored at home beforehand, special attention should be paid to observing the quality of the water to prevent it from deteriorating due to prolonged storage time.
3. Regularly pay attention to the lifestyle information released by the media, understand the water outage notice in advance, pay attention to the time to restore water supply after the outage, and other matters that need to be noted.
4. Once there is no water supply at home, all faucets should be immediately turned off to avoid sudden flooding and losses in the household.
As the saying goes, “A person can have no food for a day, and cannot have no water for a day.”. It can be seen that people are very aware of how important water is for human survival. There are generally two types of water shutdowns caused by emergency repairs of the water supply network in daily life: one is planned water shutdowns. Due to the fact that water supply enterprises sometimes need to shut down water operations by replacing old gates and aging pipelines on their water supply pipelines, the relevant departments of the water supply units will post notices in front of residential buildings within the water supply shutdown area, explaining the time of water shutdown; A large-scale water outage will also be announced through news media. Residents can store some tap water in clean containers at home for their daily needs.
Another type of water outage is caused by a sudden leak in the water supply network. Due to the lack of foresight among residents, it is not possible to store water in advance. But the Water Supply Group will dispatch emergency water supply trucks to residential areas during peak hours of water consumption for residents (morning, noon, and evening cooking), and residents can go downstairs to fetch emergency water.
It is worth noting that when there is a prolonged water outage, residents should not store too much water at home, as the stored tap water is no longer suitable for daily use and cannot be consumed after being left in the air for more than three days. Therefore, it is recommended that citizens go to shopping malls to purchase purified water and mineral water for their drinking needs.