No water, no electricity, no jobs, no tenders – the list is endless. How does one survive in such a state? The recent water restrictions have left many households with little or no water in their homes, leaving many families without any water to get by. How does one survive in such times? Where do we go for refuge, who do we speak to because the municipality sure ain’t helping?
Imagine waking up on a summer’s day, hoping for a cold shower and a glass full of iced water, then as soon as you step into the shower and turn on the tap nothing comes out… nothing at all… not even one drop of water. Your nightmare of having no water comes alive. You think fast of whether you have kept water for emergencies and the minute you realise you don’t, hell breaks loose.
You suddenly thirst for water, you remember the laundry that’s pilling up in your bathroom and you kick yourself for not having washed it the day before. Suddenly you remember the conversation you had with a colleague last week who was complaining about water restrictions in their area, and you did not think such was going to happen in your area. Therefore you did not store any.
The first thing that comes to mind when one hears of water restrictions is the “toilet”, how are we going to keep away from it, and the kids how will they survive without drinking water after running around playing outside? How does one prepare for these unforeseen circumstances? Do we store up water when we have it, do we even have buckets to store water in? Should we start investing in buying Jojo tanks for such instances? Well, these are some of the things we need to look into especially if we want to survive these water restrictions.
Saving every drop of water becomes so crucial in such times and having to teach our family members about saving every drop needs to be a priority especially if we don’t want to walk around as “stinky pants”. Children cannot go to school which means they will be home for as long as there is no water in the area. Schools also need to invest in water tanks just to get by until we have enough water again.
We as a country, have not had proper rain in such a long time which is resulting in dams running low and since we don’t have Plan B as a country we are still going to find ourselves without water.
In order to survive these water restrictions, when water cuts take place, make sure when it returns that you fill it and store it at your house. Buy your 5-litre bottled water to keep for drinking and cooking and recycle those bottles to keep water for “rainy days”… in this case for dry days.
Let us work together and save as much water as we can in order to survive these displeasing times.
