Tacloban, Palo, water-less till July 20?

After the rotating brownouts, comes three water-less days.
Tacloban folks walked up Sunday morning to find out that air not water come out of the faucets. Good for those who woke up before 6:00 o’clock in the morning, at least they were able to take a bath and cook their breakfast.
Telephone brigades had one message. Was this water-less day announced? The answers were the same- NO.
Verifications made from the Leyte Metropolitan Waterworks District chairman of the board showed that two water pipes were busted, one at Purisima Bridge and another one at the Diversion Road near Camella Homes and Pawing, both in Palo, Leyte.
“It might take at about three days before repairs are completed,” LMWD Board Chairman Ted de Veyra said in a phone conversation with a Leyte Board Member. This is the information he received, according to him.
This means that Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, or July 18, 19, 20, the affected areas, mostly in Tacloban City, will be water-less.
Who would last three days without taking a bath, without washing the dishes, without water in the water closets, without washing clothes.
No problem for those who have overhead water tanks. What about the middle-income and poor families? They will incur additional expenses buying water from those who have in the nearby municipalities.
For those who do not have water jugs just like the writer, there is also the problem of buying water jugs which was found out to be expensive. Water jugs with faucets cost about P250. Empty jugs of soy sauce or lubricants cost about P60 but they have to be washed well, otherwise, one will smell like soy sauce or lubricant after taking a bath.
If one will buy one water jug with faucet at P250, he or she will spend more buying water.
Verifications made with the purified water suppliers showed that one jug with faucet of purified water costs P235. This is even cheaper than buying just the water jug alone.
So, ten water jugs would cost P2, 350 which is equivalent to about six months water bills if paid at LMWD. But water is so important. One whole day of brown out could be bearable but one whole day without water is unthinkable. So, never mind the additional expenses.
Water bought; there was time to patiently call other LMWD officials. At about 11:10, Manager Gang Villasin was contacted by the same Leyte Board Member.
Manager Gang confirmed that indeed, two pipes were busted. The LMWD people immediately were mobilized and started repair works as soon as the problem was reported to the Manager.
With the kind of work the LMWD people are doing, water will be restored within the day, Manager Gang informed.
What a relief! Never mind that the writer has already spent more than two thousand pesos. What is important is that the water consumers specially the disadvantaged families will not spend this Sunday without the most important necessity – WATER.