Yesterday the water ran brown. It stayed like this for six hours. The city put out a bulletin on their website about it… apparently there was a power failure at the water plant coupled with some emergency maintenance.
We’ve been advised to boil water for 48 hours.
This is another one of those “I’ve never had that happen before” events. These are happening more and more.
I started stock piling water about a month ago. There was one day where the water sputtered intermittently throughout the day. I had an ominous feeling that it was a warning.
Everything is back to normal now, save for the temporary boiling order. This has not put me at ease, though.
I think I’ll increase the amount of water I have set aside. Buying bottled water is out as the stores have all jacked the price. My water reserves will have to be old school… pots, pans and re-filled, sanitized bottles.