If you can t find any signs of water in your immediate area look for desert trails left by animals dried up running water or other survivors.
Stick to find water in the desert.
Finding water in the desert.
In my desert survival field courses the minimum water consumption rate is 2 gallons a day per person in the 110 120 degree summer temps of the sonoran desert.
This page contains information on how to survive by finding drinking water in the desert in an emergency situation also you will find useful tips on how to recognize signs of water presence.
Peter pham may 19 2017.
You could last for three weeks without a single bite to eat.
Watch how to find water if you re ever stuck in the desert.
Once you ve found a likely spot dig 1 foot into the soil in the early morning and wait for the area to get damp.
Finding water is more important than finding food because without food you can live for weeks but without water you can t live more than three day.
The easiest way to find water in the desert is to follow any birds or bees to a location that might have water like a shaded canyon or valley.
Look for signs of life if you can t find a water source.
Just follow the trail cautiously.
In such extreme heat i d say that survival time without water would be limited to around two days maybe less depending on the variables mentioned above.
The human body needs water to survive.