{"title":"Sanitation","description":"\u003cp\u003eNobody puts sanitation on their emergency list until the water goes off — then it's suddenly the whole list. Portable toilets and sanitation supplies keep a household civilised through water outages, burst mains, festivals, camping trips and house renovations alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003ePortable and camping toilets\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom simple \u003cstrong\u003ebucket-style camping toilets\u003c\/strong\u003e with snap-on seats to \u003cstrong\u003eflushing cassette toilets\u003c\/strong\u003e, the right option depends on how long and how many. For a home backup, a compact folding toilet plus a supply of double-lined bags and gelling powder stores in a cupboard and deploys in a minute.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe rest of the kit\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eToilet chemicals or bio gel, heavy-duty sacks, hand sanitiser and wet wipes finish the job — and a \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/emergency-water\"\u003estored water\u003c\/a\u003e supply covers hand-washing when the taps don't. It's the least glamorous collection in the shop and the one people thank us for most.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eSanitation FAQs\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat happens to toilets when the water supply is off?\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou get one flush per cistern, then nothing. A portable toilet, or lining the bowl with a double bag and gelling powder, keeps things hygienic until the mains return.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eHow do portable camping toilets work?\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBucket styles use liners with absorbent powder; cassette toilets flush into a sealed tank you empty at a disposal point. Both are odour-managed with the right chemicals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eHow many sanitation bags should I store?\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlan on 2–3 per person per day; a family pack of 50 covers a household for the standard 72-hour window with margin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eIs a water outage really likely?\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBurst mains and contamination notices happen somewhere in the UK most weeks — usually short, occasionally days. The kit costs little and stores small.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[],"url":"https:\/\/thepreparedhousehold.co.uk\/collections\/sanitation.oembed","provider":"The Prepared Household","version":"1.0","type":"link"}