The Walking Dead, Survival Rule Of The Week: 7 Tips for surviving

4) Make sure your water is clean

You ever drink water from a bubbler and have it taste like…blood? I have! It’s disgusting! But, at least, I had good idea what’s the problem, and a little extra iron in the water isn’t going to kill me, or, it would have by now.

However, I’m saying this knowing that there are apparatuses in place that, generally, keep the water clean. In a zombie apocalypse, those apparatuses won’t be there anymore.

Remember when Rick’s group was marching through Virginia and Abraham slapped a bottle of water out of Eugene’s hand? Do you remember why? It was because Abraham figured that, since the group didn’t know who was giving them water, they couldn’t be sure the water wasn’t contaminated or poisoned and, if you’re in a zombie apocalypse, unless you get water from a store or collect it from rain (And, in some places, even that isn’t a guarantee of cleanliness) these are concerns you’re going to have to have. All it takes is one swig of water that has an amoeba in for you to get not only sick, but (Because you probably won’t have access to doctors), really sick.

So, my advice to you is find a water source that is clean. Make sure it isn’t murky, a weird color, stagnant, or has some gross crap floating around in it (I’ve seen three out of four of those things…they are not pretty), because drinking just about any of those are just as likely to kill you as a zombie bite would!

Additionally, get acquainted with boiling any relatively clean water you find, as that should kill off most nasty things living in it. If you have access to a microscope, it can be really helpful in determining whether or not your water has gross microbes. It may not clue you in to poisonous chemicals in your water, but, at least it’ll let you know whether or not stuff’s living in it.

However you do it, make sure that your water is safe to drink, or you won’t be around long enough to worry about zombies. Then, again…