Water restored

Well, good to their word, at about 8:30 last night the water did come back again. Lots of air in the pipes for a while as it clears from our long run of pipe, but the backlog of washing can now be cleared.

It's a great lesson in how much we take for granted in life today. If you've never been without water in your home, just try not using any for 24 hours. How many time do you need to wash your hands? What do you do if you can't flush the toilet? Do you need to wash some food before you can eat? How do you clean your teeth? We take tap water for granted all the time. If you have a power cut for a few hours or even a day, it's inconvenient, but not a big problem. Water is!!!

Try it and you will realise what it means to have a water supply to people in African villages for example. A quick search on the internet will reveal organisations that for a small donation will help provide people around the world with water supplies. Perhaps you will also feel inspired to do so?

Locally there are quite a few houses (and several being built) that have swimming pools. During the cut there was a moan that someone had only been able to partially fill their pool and that the supply pressure had been low before the cut. Not a thought of what their drain on the supply was doing to other peoples supply! Never mind that they should be having their water delivered by tanker (and having it removed the same way).