The other day I had to call the maintenance to investigate a water leak. When they arrived we all walked into that part of the garden one never really explores – the area with old rusty bits of gardening tools, plant containers dried out pieces of piping left over from the irrigation and …the water tank. As we unscrewed the top of the water tank I was horrified to see how much dirt and sand was lying at the bottom and then it hit me – this is the water my family is cooking and cleaning with. We may drink bottled water but we boil the kettle with this water, wash the vegetables and clean our teeth! The maintenance men stared at me in dismay and asked “you never have the water tank cleaned madam?”
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The other day I had to call the maintenance to investigate a water leak. When they arrived we all walked into that part of the garden one never really explores – the area with old rusty bits of gardening tools, plant containers dried out pieces of piping left over from the irrigation and …the water tank. As we unscrewed the top of the water tank I was horrified to see how much dirt and sand was lying at the bottom and then it hit me – this is the water my family is cooking and cleaning with. We may drink bottled water but we boil the kettle with this water, wash the vegetables and clean our teeth! The maintenance men stared at me in dismay and asked “you never have the water tank cleaned madam?”
