An overzealous back-hoe operator burst the water main for all of Shunyi (our district) which has disabled our water supply since we awoke this morning. Supposedly it will be back on soon but I’m not hanging my hat on it. It reminded me not to take something as simple as a public water supply for granted…even if you can’t drink it when it does work. It also shows me how screwed New Orleans is.
Missing a shower isn’t the end of the world. I can even shower at the school. But to not be able to flush is a whole other issue. Luckily, our building ran a .5 km hose from the swimming pool to pump water into the hot water tanks in our apartment. We could then use the detachable shower head to fill our stylish, French toilet tank with a nasty yellow water and flush like a civilized westerner.
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