Water

There has been a big water shortage the last few months.  We have only been getting water every few days because the city is trying to distribute it equally.  We have big tubs all over our house that we fill whenever there is water.  We also have a rain water tank that can be used as a back up.  The campus water supply often runs out before we get water again and this usually means that students walk to the river to fill buckets for bathing.

But the water has been particularly bad recently.  In fact, we went a week without getting any water.  This has meant that afternoon classes have been cancelled a lot so the older students can bring back buckets of water from the river to use for washing dishes and clothes. 

Yesterday, we had used up nearly all of the water in the house and the tank only had about 12 inches of water left in it.  We were having to make tough decisions about what to wash and clean since we didn't know when we would have water again.  The water left in the tank was also very dirty and yellow.  We weren't feeling particularly comfortable with cooking, drinking or bathing with it even after we filter and boil it.

But just when thinks started to look desperate, the water turned on a few hours ago!  It has been flowing for a couple of hours.  We've filled up everything in our house and we hope the water says on long enough to fill all the students' buckets as well!