How long would it take for electricity and water (or general utilities) to stop being functional in an apocalyptic setting?

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I have this idea for a story were the surrounding infrastructure is intact. Now barring regular maintenance, how long would it take for existing infrastructure to not function? How long could a house run on existing utilities?

Thanks for the help!

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Think practically —
When was the last time you lost power? Why?

If no one was there to fix it….would it still be off?
I would say if the world broke tomorrow. you’d have one winter…maybe two before paralyzing failures would occur.

HELL there are Ice storms that take out entire cities every winter NOW….

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