tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671794874064113602.post5534500994787653412..comments2024-02-16T15:12:09.679-06:00Comments on Possum Living: Public Water OutageTracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17473363347150080651noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671794874064113602.post-79716578556355711352012-12-14T11:36:39.748-06:002012-12-14T11:36:39.748-06:00The local township here is working on a zoning pla...The local township here is working on a zoning plan specific to the township. One of the things the planning committee wants included in the document is a requirement that every property with a residence, including seasonal places (like hunting camps) would have a drilled well and a health department approved septic system. Oddly enough (she said sarcastically) the chairman of the planning committee owns a well drilling business. Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18359007443116549436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671794874064113602.post-74043147413990024942012-12-13T12:27:41.639-06:002012-12-13T12:27:41.639-06:00This outage was caused by a break in the water lin...This outage was caused by a break in the water line. It was the first time we have ever had a disruption in the water service here, and it lasted about 24 hours.<br />There used to be a well here, but the county health department condemned all the wells in our immediate area and ordered them capped, coincidentally just when public water became available here. This happened before we moved here.<br />A well is not absolutely necessary here, because it rains enough that water catchment is limited only by my capacity to store the water.Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17473363347150080651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671794874064113602.post-83028842250275588112012-12-13T08:09:54.255-06:002012-12-13T08:09:54.255-06:00Living where we do, we're in fairly good shape...Living where we do, we're in fairly good shape when it comes to water. We always keep a few gallons on hand in case the power is out long enough to cause a problem. For a prolonged power outage, we'd set up a hand pump on our well. <br /><br />The people who would be really in trouble if the water goes out for any length of time are people in the cities. While we were living in Atlanta, there was a bad storm that knocked out one of the pumping stations for the water system. People in cities are used to just turning on a tap and not having to think about it at all. The water wasn't off very long, but considering what bad shape the water system is in there, it easily could have been. Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18359007443116549436noreply@blogger.com