Rough day for a community

[Grumpy Ol' Man]

http://ksnt.com/2017/07/20/major-water-main-break-leaves-emporia-without-water/

A community of 25,000 just south of us had a water main break overnight. That left the entire town, plus some rural water districts, without water. No toilets. No baths or showers. No public restrooms. No restaurants. Businesses had to close because of no restrooms for employees or customers. Salvation Army and local utility trucking in water. Other communities close by also sent truckloads of drinking water.

We are in an excessive heat warning. Temps are in the upper 90's and low triple digits. Heat index is in the 105 to 110 area. Imagine waking up this morning unable to use your bathroom. No drinking water in the house to take morning meds. Just an unfortunate issue that will be resolved soon. Water line back in operation. Lines being flushed and towers filled. Should have water for toilets, etc. before morning. Still under a boil order for drinking and cooking until Saturday.

 

[SeaBreeze]

That's terrible for the residents and businesses affected, hope everything's back in operation ASAP.

 

[Don M.]

This type of problem is occurring more and more. all across the nation. The water lines in most communities were installed decades ago, and they are rapidly reaching their "end of life". Our entire infrastructure is sorely in need of improvement and replacement, but that seems to be a low priority.

 

[Warrigal]

Politicians tend to ignore infrastructure that doesn't lend itself to opening ceremonies and publicity.

Water and drainage systems in Sydney are very old and designed for a much smaller population. I would vote for any party that announced a 35 year plan to redesign and replace the whole lot, but is it likely that any of them will commit to something that extends beyond the next election cycle?

 

[Butterfly]

We had a water main break in our neighborhood a year or so ago that left us without water for a couple of days. Fortunately it was not in the heat of summer, but it was, to say the least, inconvenient as all getout. Right after that, I decided I would keep several great big jugs of water on hand so that if it happened again I'd at least have drinking water for myself and my dog on hand.

Our break was just in our neighborhood, so we could go across town and buy drinking water. It would be awful if it were all over town!

 

[Pappy]

When my family lived in the country, we relied on spring fed water and gravity to let the water run into the spring house. I can remember a couple hot, dry summers that we ran out of water. About a haif a mile up the road there was a pipe running out of the ground that never ran out. We would haul water for many days until the rains came.

 

[Aunt Bea]

When my family lived in the country, we relied on spring fed water and gravity to let the water run into the spring house. I can remember a couple hot, dry summers that we ran out of water. About a haif a mile up the road there was a pipe running out of the ground that never ran out. We would haul water for many days until the rains came.

We had a similar situation at my grandmother's farm when I was a kid. The house water supply came from a shallow well that went dry during the summer. We used rainwater from a cistern to flush the toilets and wash up, our drinking water came from a roadside spring a few miles from the house. On laundry day the man that took the local farmers milk cans to the creamery would bring my mother cans of boiling hot water on his way back from the creamery. The creamery had an endless supply of hot water that they used to scald the cans and other equipment. The good old days, LOL!!!

 

[Grumpy Ol' Man]

We had a similar situation at my grandmother's farm when I was a kid. The house water supply came from a shallow well that went dry during the summer. We used rainwater from a cistern to flush the toilets and wash up, our drinking water came from a roadside spring a few miles from the house. On laundry day the man that took the local farmers milk cans to the creamery would bring my mother cans of boiling hot water on his way back from the creamery. The creamery had an endless supply of hot water that they used to scald the cans and other equipment. The good old days, LOL!!!

We didn't move into a home with running water until I was 6 years old. Before that, we only had an outdoor toilet... or the "thunder bucket" we used at night or if it was too stormy to make it to the toilet. Baths only on Saturday night. Tub pulled in on the back porch and Mom would heat water. Kids in first, Mom next, and Dad last since he was dirty from farming all week. My, we must have smelled ripe by Fridays.

 

[Lara]

Just think of all the extra time and money America would save that could be redirected to rebuilding infrastructure and other important issues for the people if Trump would just ignore all the fabricated distractions from the opposition party while their daily accusations fade away one by one on their own.

 

[drifter]

My little town has been replacing and moving water mains and in some cases sewer lines for a year, all over town. At one point last year I didn't think you could get there from here. I've wondered how some businesses have managed to keep their doors open they have been blocked off so long. I have tried to give these small businesses my business where I could. But I'm glad to see us keeping our in a good state of repair. I, too would like toes the country repair and replace our infrastructure. Sooner or later we will although it may be quite piecemeal.