Because the most important things are not forgotten
They can boil old nasty "gray water", or they can make a desalinator and remove the salt which works kinda like a moonshine still by boiling the water and then cooling the steam down and out the other end comes fresh water, or they can catch rain water.
The unbiased description of immediate experience as it occurs is phenomenology.
During the February Revolution: The Monarchy was overthrown and a Provisional Government was established.
During the October Revolution: The Provisional Government was overthrown and the Bolshevik Party was established.