I don't think I'd drink that...

Last week we had some issues with our water pressure being quite low. Sometimes there was enough pressure to get the water to come out of the shower head, but other times it only worked out of our lowest-to-the-ground tap. Then it cut out completely and there was no water anywhere at all.

Knowing that there was roadwork going on by our house, we figured it was caused by something the road folks were doing and that it would come on in due course. But on the third day of no water, we'd had enough. So, we went down to the local water department office to figure out what was going on (or not going on...).

Much to our pleasant surprise, they escorted us straight to the head technical manager's office! He listened to our story and then called in one of the repair work foremen. As soon as this man heard where we lived, he immediately knew what the problem was: there had been a bad pipe that had finally broken last week (thus the issues with the water pressure). They had put in a temporary line for the houses that relied upon that line for water, but the temporary line wasn't long enough to reach three houses. Ours was #2 of those three. The manager asked him to fix the problem right away.

When we came home yesterday evening, the foreman was out front just finishing his work. He gave us a big wave, and a few minutes later came to our gate to ask us to try a tap and see if we now had water. It worked! However, it seemed like some air and dirt had gotten in the pipes, since it wasn't quite the color we usually expect water to be, and wasn't coming out in a straight line! After it ran for a while, it improved, and after a few days I think it might be clear again.