Appendix - Water - non-potable

• Firefighting
• Hygiene
• ...

• Swimming Pools - maintain inventory
• Dams on creeks and culverts to create pools to draw water from
  • Note: The equipment to draw water from pools use to be standard on fire trucks, but many cities (including Palo Alto) now have pumpers that lack this capability - their configuration presumes that they will have pressurized water from fire hydrants.
  • Coffer dams - tubes that are filled with water (used as instant dikes for flood control) - they are designed to adapt to the shape of the land and to be roll-resistant.