{"id":648,"date":"2020-04-09T13:00:36","date_gmt":"2020-04-09T17:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/outdoorsportsnation.com\/?p=648"},"modified":"2020-04-09T09:25:04","modified_gmt":"2020-04-09T13:25:04","slug":"survival-101-water-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/outdoorsportsnation.com\/survival-101-water-part-1\/jeff\/survival-prep\/04\/09\/2020\/648\/","title":{"rendered":"Survival 101: Water – Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is one thing in life that is a 100% certainty. You will DIE if you do not consume enough water in a survival situation. In this 3 part series<\/span>, we will be covering what you need to know to survive in a crisis situation.<\/p>\n

How long can you make it?<\/em> 3-4 days seems to be the consensus, though the maximum time an individual can go without water seems to be a week, an estimate that is\u00a0based on observations of people at the end of their lives, when food and water intake has been stopped,\u00a0Randall K. Packer, a professor of biology at George Washington University\u00a0told Maggie Fox of NBC News in 2013<\/a>.<\/p>\n

So what do you do if you find yourself in a situation where water is not plentiful? Here are a few basics you should know:<\/p>\n

Consumption:<\/h2>\n

The size and gender of a person will determine exactly how much you will need to consume in a day, and the environment will also play a part. A man weighing 250 lbs will need more water than a woman weighing 112 lbs. Walking in the sands of Nevada? You will need more water than say, the forests of Michigan.<\/p>\n

So how much fluid does the average, healthy adult living in a temperate climate need? The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine<\/a> determined that adequate daily fluid intake is:<\/p>\n