My sister in law lives up in a town called Walker (southeast of Prescott, about 7400 ft elevation). They cannot get water there and have to have it hauled in. They have a storage tank and watch how much water they use.
One time just before the next delivery, my brother in law got stuck in the water tank and it was getting dark. He was pounding on the side of the tank but no one heard him. It gets cold there at night! He finally got his wife's attention when she started wondering where he was and she was able to help him get out. It was funny the way he told the story but he was miserable in there with the cold coming on. Good thing he has a sense of humor!
My sister in law lives up in a town called Walker (southeast of Prescott, about 7400 ft elevation). They cannot get water there and have to have it hauled in. They have a storage tank and watch how much water they use.<<<
That is what they do here, have tankers come in to fill the tank.
When we started, we didn’t have that luxury, it was get water at the stand pipe or suck it out of the canal, for awhile we did both.
I kept a bar of soap and wash cloths in the car at all times, in case I met real running water.