If this isn't a reason to prep then I don't know what is! We should all take lessens from this and apply what we have learned and continue to learn from the folks right in the middle of the California drought. If we have not learned from history then how about the present.
"...she has not had running water for more than five months — nor is there any tap water in her near future — because of a punishing and relentless drought in California. In the Gallegos household and more than 500 others in Tulare County, residents cannot flush a toilet, fill a drinking glass, wash dishes or clothes, or even rinse their hands without reaching for a bottle or bucket."
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/03/us/california-drought-tulare-county.html
"...she has not had running water for more than five months — nor is there any tap water in her near future — because of a punishing and relentless drought in California. In the Gallegos household and more than 500 others in Tulare County, residents cannot flush a toilet, fill a drinking glass, wash dishes or clothes, or even rinse their hands without reaching for a bottle or bucket."
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/03/us/california-drought-tulare-county.html