OSPREY ZERO ENCYCLOPEDIA

Utilities & infrastructure

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Check the utility and local alerts, then deal with immediate medical, temperature, and water needs.

Use bottled water or bring clear tap water to a rolling boil for 1 minute, then cool it; above 6,500 feet, boil for 3 minutes.

Use commercially bottled or officially approved water for drinking, cooking, brushing teeth, ice, formula and pets.

Do not drink or use tap water for any purpose while a do-not-use advisory is in effect.

Find the current water advisory for your address and follow its exact wording.

Check the utility notice to learn whether water service is interrupted and whether an advisory applies.