I sincerely hope the water is back flowing soon.
ray: I can definitely relate!!
18+ years ago we found our current house. We loved the location, property size, house, outbuildings, et al, but we especially liked the price, which seemed way low. In applying for a loan we found out why; the community water system we were connected to was not approved, meaning before we could get a loan, we would need to invest in a home water filtration system.
I had a ton of experience operating large water treatment facilities and held both a water treatment and distribution certificate from the State, so I purchased and installed a high quality filtration system myself, and we got our loan.................
That's when the fight started!!:doh:
Constant interuption in service, often for a week or more at a time, water so turbid that I often had to change the $10 (each!!) membrane filters twice a day to keep water flowing to the faucet and a system owner that refused to listen or make any attempts to rectify the issues.
After two years a few neighbors and I decided we'd had enough and took our issue to the City Council. After months the Council finally decided they had no power to do anything about our situation, so we took the issue to the PUC.
They, fortunately, DID have the power and authority and forced the system owner to start improvements immediately, begining with a filtration system at the source. Wanting to be part of the solution verses the alternative, I volunteered my services to help design the filtration plant.
One evening the system owner brought the draft plans to my house for review. As we sat at the dining room table reviewing the plans, he says to me very matter of factly, "geez, the way I was forced into this you'd think having water was a God-given right".
That's when the second fight began, and by the end of my tirade I "think" he finally understood that while maybe not a God-given right, having water into your house when it is set up for that pourpose IS important and as the system owner, his paying customers have the right to expect that they not only to have water into their house, but water that is safe to use.
From time to time, we still go without water but it's usually due a leak or heavy summer usage and the (new) owner usually gives us several hours notice of impending outages or low storage and the need to conserve.