It should be common sense, and people should learn from what happens to others on the news. We recently had a water contamination problem with an area north of us. The problem was, the agency in charge of emergencies for the state sent an alert to everyone north and south of the area, most of which weren't affected. And didn't state what it was about, so we were left thinking for a while we had a terror alert going.

Well, thanks to social media, we were able to figure it out, but all the stores in our area were sold out of bottled water, and we heard that the stores north of us were, too, even though most of those folks buying water weren't affected. Then some turned around and tried to sell water at exorbitant prices.

I'd love to be on a piece of property with its own well (which I know can have its own issues and expenses), just because the well at least here is less likely to dry up than there is to be a water problem with the public water system, since they would be more of a target.

We've got two rivers really close by. They come together at some point up the road. There's a manmade lake not too far from here, and if worst came to worst, during the winter time we could probably get water from the runoff from our roof! :) Okay, maybe not that, but hey, it's an option.