Guides

Practical answers from A Clear Alternative Water, serving all of New Jersey since 1991. Call 1-888-577-8088.

• Storing Bulk Potable Water in New Jersey: Tanks, Sizing and How Long It Lasts
  How much water to store, which tanks are safe for drinking water, how to clean them and when to replace stored water, with delivery across New Jersey.
• No Water After a Freeze? Temporary Potable Water for NJ Homes and Businesses
  Taps dry after a hard freeze? How to thaw a frozen pipe safely, what to do when the repair takes days, and how delivered potable water helps in New Jersey.
• Water Outage Plan for New Jersey Child Care Centers and Schools
  What NJ child care centers and schools must do when water fails or a boil advisory hits: state rules, the first hour, and how delivered potable water helps.
• Restaurant Water Outage Checklist for New Jersey: Rules, Steps and Emergency Water
  What NJ food code requires when a restaurant loses water, a step-by-step outage checklist, what to do when water returns, and how emergency water delivery works.
• Emergency Water Plans for New Jersey Hospitals and Nursing Homes
  What NJ licensing and CMS rules require for emergency water at hospitals and nursing homes, how to build a water supply plan, and how hauled water gets in.
• Filling a Cistern or Holding Tank With Potable Water in New Jersey
  How to size, clean, disinfect and fill a cistern or holding tank with certified potable water in New Jersey, and keep stored water safe between deliveries.
• Water for Livestock During a New Jersey Drought: How Much You Need and How to Get It
  How much water cattle, horses and sheep need each day, NJ drought rules for farms, warning signs of a failing farm well, and how trucked potable water works.
• Drinking Water for Events and Festivals in New Jersey: Tank Sizing, Rules and Delivery Timing
  Planning a NJ festival, fair or outdoor event? What the food code requires for vendor water, how to size potable water tanks, and when to schedule delivery.
• NJ Drought Watch vs. Drought Warning: What It Means for Homes on Private Wells
  What New Jersey's drought watch, warning and emergency levels mean, why private wells react differently, warning signs and what to do if your well runs dry.
• Well Pump Replacement in New Jersey: How to Keep Your House Running While the Well Is Down
  Well pump failed? How long NJ homes are usually without water, who can legally do the work, and how a delivered potable water tank keeps the house running.
• Boil Water Advisory in New Jersey: How Businesses Stay Open With Delivered Potable Water
  A boil water advisory can shut a kitchen down. What NJ rules say, what to turn off, and how certified potable water delivery keeps businesses running.
• Bulk Potable Water Delivery in Sussex County, NJ: Dry Wells, Cisterns and Emergencies
  Dry well, failed pump or bad test in Sussex County, NJ? How certified potable water delivery keeps your home, farm or business running while the well is fixed.
• Construction Site Water Tanks in New Jersey: How Potable Water Delivery Works
  How New Jersey contractors keep construction site water tanks full: crew drinking water, line testing, concrete and dust control, tank sizing and site access.
• What to Do During a Water Main Break in NJ
  Step-by-step guide for NJ homeowners and facility managers during a water main break or boil-water notice. Includes when to call for emergency bulk water delivery.
• How Many Gallons to Fill a Pool — Quick NJ Sizing Guide
  Quick chart of pool volume by shape and size. Average residential pools take 15,000–30,000 gallons. Calculator, tanker counts, and NJ pricing factors.
• Emergency Livestock Water Delivery in NJ
  When wells run dry or power outages knock out farm water, dairy, horse, and beef operations across NJ rely on bulk water delivery to keep livestock safe.
• Bulk Water for Cooling Towers in NJ
  When a NJ cooling tower needs emergency make-up, drain-down, or seasonal start-up water, bulk delivery beats hose-line filling. Treatment, conductivity, scheduling.
• Concrete Curing Water — How Much, For How Long
  Bulk water guide for NJ contractors. Wet-cure rates, fog vs flood, slab and footing volumes, and how to schedule reliable on-site water for concrete cure.