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The longest known case was 4 days according to a documentary on the Discovery Channel.

Typically the average is considered 3 days.

This can be remembered by the rule of 3's:

3 minutes without air

3 days without water

3 weeks without food

There have been extreme cases going beyond this, and of course someone not in a healthy condition will not even last this long, but these are considered the typical average for a healthy adult

It should also be noted that just because you can survive this long, does not mean that you should. The body may begin sustaining damage long before death has been reached in the case of starvation or dehydration.

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It is noted that one can survive an average of three days without the intake of water assuming you are at sea level, at room temperature, and a relative humidity. In colder or warmer temperatures, need for water is greater. Need for water also increases with exercise. SOUCE: wikipedia.org a human may only survive 3 days without water, you can live for several weeks without food though!

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You can only survive three days without water then your kidneys fail and your whole system starts to fail.

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Normal humans cannot survive for more than three days without water.

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Without food: about three weeks

Without food or water: about 4 days (highly dependent on the environment - hot or cool, dry or humid.

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the average person can only survive 3 days without water, although it has been known that some people survived 8 to 10 days

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