Pipe is half empty

Water water everywhere but not a drop to use.
"To all residents of standing hard buildings water rationing will be a necessity over the next several weeks" is what the email said. Apparently the “bad guys” blew up the water plant last night. This is not the first time this has happened but it is the first since we have been here. Now in order to shower we must go up to the trailers. This is about a ¾ mile trip to shower. The entire post is run on a series of pumps and pipelines that all come from this plant, I guess. Now we have to use the porta-johns. These things are like microwaves in the middle of the day and they are not all that fresh(trying not to give you the whole nasty picture). Just not a pleasant place to visit. All the water in all of the ponds came from the city water supply. Seems like they could find a way to filter it and use it but then this beautiful country would not be as beautiful.(hint: that was sarcasm)I heard tale that after these man made lakes were made that the water supply to the city was turned off to fill them. How can these people live here like that? Is the only reason they are still here because of poverty or are all of the people just that loyal to this country? I wonder if tickets to other countries were handed out how many of these people would leave. I venture a guess and say that this place would turn into a desert oh wait it already is.