Download this pamphlet about emergency sanitation

Having a twin bucket emergency toilet as part of your emergency preparedness kit ensures you have a reliable and easily deployable solution during power outages, natural disasters, or other emergencies that may disrupt regular sanitation services. Remember that quakes and shakes mean pipe-breaks and a Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake is expected to cause significant damage to infrastructure, including sewer systems. Recovery efforts following a major earthquake can take months or even years before essential services are fully restored. Having a sanitation plan in place before the disaster gives you the best chance of staying healthy during the critical first weeks and months of disaster recovery.

Begin your sanitation preparedness plan by downloading and reading this 2-page pamphlet from Phlush.org which will outline how to prepare and use the twin bucket system. You’ll find it’s a fairly straight forward and inexpensive process, especially if you can find 2 buckets for free on Craigslist. If you want to deluxify your bucket-sitting experience, you can buy a fancy camping toilet lid but an inexpensive pool noodle will get the job done just fine.

As with anything else in your preparedness adventure, it’s much better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it. Bonus Tip: During the pandemic, when there was a run on toilet paper and hand sanitizer, I was able to dip into my twin bucket system stash instead of throwing elbows in the toilet paper aisle.

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