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Water - That's tough. You can't store water for as long as food without treating it and it isn't exactly portable in sufficient quantities. I've thought of making one of those solar stills so I can purify water without power or chemicals. Hopefully I'll get around to tinkering with that one of these days. I'm sure most of you know this already but I didn't even think about till I read it: your hot water heater has 40 gallons of drinkable water in it at any given time. That'll get you through a few weeks at least.
Include some type of water filtration system with your gear. I have a Katadyn filter in my BOB. You can get fancier and bigger but that works for me for now.