The heat of the summer isn't the best time to not have running water, but it's doable with some planning. Besides my water filter pitcher, I filled a couple of extra vessels with water on Monday night. Coffee jar and lemonade bottle, if you're wondering. That left me enough for the essentials on Tuesday morning, like coffee, brushing teeth, even washing dishes by heating up water on the stovetop. There was no way to take a shower, of course, but again by warming up water on the stovetop I came up with a better-than-nothing substitute.
By 2:30 in the PM the H2O was running again, which was a relief. The city workers left us all Brita pitchers as well, which was a nice gesture.
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I know what you mean about having your H2o supply cut off on one of the hottest days of the year - just when soaking in a tub full of cool water was looking like just the thing. It's worse when they don't tell you that's their plan beforehand. Just as well you were prepared containerwise.
All things considered you were very lucky. You got a Brita pitcher from the city workers. When they shut our water off we're happy enough if it gets turned back on when they promised.
In some ways it might seem handier to have this kind of work done in the dead of winter. But then the ground could be frozen over. Anyway, having an important service like that shut off is never going to be without problems. I was glad enough to get a warning from the building's super. Besides taking a shower I couldn't really shave that day, but it's just one day.
I did already have a water filter pitcher, albeit PUR instead of Brita. But an extra might come in useful in the future. I hope the water guys where you live do indeed turn it back on when they're supposed to.
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