Defensive Behavior and Damage Cost Methods

Suppose you wake up one morning and stumble into the kitchen to make coffee. You flip on the TV. While filling the coffee pot with tap water, you learn that your water supply is contaminated with Giardia lamblia. The newscaster reports that consuming contaminated water can lead to giardiasis, a common diarrheal illness that typically lasts a few days but can drag on for weeks. Infected persons may have to miss work or school or, in rare cases, may require hospitalization. Local authorities recommend boiling tap water before consuming it or finding alternate sources like bottled water. What do you do?