A couple of weeks ago, I had an absurdist experience — as did the entire city I live in.
We didn't have water running from our taps inside our homes; meanwhile, it was raining heavily outside. 🚰
The plant that sucks water from the reservoir before filtering it to our city's water line was clogged with algae. Thus, no water was entering the water supply system for several days.
The proliferation of algae was the result of an extremely hot summer we had this year. 🌇
The whole situation felt insane. I live in a block of residential buildings, and I couldn't fill a bucket with the rainwater falling in abundance from the sky. I have an awning above every window, plus a covered balcony.
"Mom, this will not work," said my 7-year-old, watching me running from one window to another with a bucket.
Fortunately, the water was back in two days, and we didn't suffer too much as I have stored drinking water for such cases. However, it made me think about how disconnected we are from nature cycles with our modern city lifestyle, that we don't implement systems of collecting rainwater in our houses, and how great it would be to rely on one. 💦
In the places you live in, is there a rainwater collection system that benefits your community? Or are you, like me, completely reliant on city infrastructure to provide this indispensable resource? And what's your contingency plan if/when water is unavailable in your city? Let me know in the comments.
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