No water..Most of the tenants are angry, including me...

You are in Makati. Is water shortage a problem in your place? Or it is there in your building only? In chennai some flats we use to buy water by paying money.

we have started collecting rain water. we use it to wash the garage, to flush the toilet at the back of the house, to soak laundry, and to wash rags, mops, etc. take this water outage as a sign to always have clean water on standby. have big plastic containers in the bathroom, the laundry area, and bottles of water in the kitchen for drinking, cooking and washing dishes. use them but always refill them so they're always fresh. heat water in the kettle and pour them in airpots.

What's the main cause of the water outage? Is it something that needs fixing within your building or are all the buildings in your neighborhood affected? Because if it's the former then you could go raise your issues with the owner of the building ASAP, but if it's the latter then you could raise your issues with the water department (though you can't really do anything if it's something that broke down in the system and needs time to be fixed). However, I think your problems are far less pressing compared to those who needs to take a bath for work! hehehehe.. Have a great mylot experience ahead!

hi Bhebelen in most cities here in the US there is a dept that overlooks building maintenance in apartment buildings and you can go there and complain and get the water turned on if the owner is not doing so at once. its against the law in every country not to provide renters with running water.electrcity and gas. these must be provided to renters.

Hi Bhebelen, I agree that the maintenance crew should have given ample notice to the residents if they are going to shut off the water supply for a period whether it's long or short. The residents have a right to know so that they can prepare by storing sufficient quantity of water for their needs during this outage. I think all residents should file a complaint with the person/s responsible so that future incidents like this can be avoided. In the meantime just bear with it and hope the water will return quickly.

I hate when that happens. For the first time, we also did not have any water last night! And I was about to take a bath to go to work! And then the worse thing happened. After a while, I heard that water had returned. And when I opened the faucet, there was this crazy, gargling sound, and what came out the faucet? Brown, dirty water! It was like a scene from a horror movie! It took awhile before the water became clean.

I will be annoyed too when it happens without prior notice. Good thing this doesn't happen here in our place. They always notify us (NAWASA) when there's water cut off (which is very seldom) due to road works or any maintenance check up (drainage and pipe hose)

Living without water is the hardest thing in the world. We can live without lights because we can always use batteries to have temporary lights but water has no other replacement but water. Bathing, cooking, cleaning---these are all very important things we need to do everyday in order to survive and all these require water.

Hi My friend,its already been 23 hours so I certainly hope that you have water by now..But I am sure it was a hassle with no pre notice of the water being shut off..Its a diferent story if there was a water pipe break but to just to do maintence work they really should have notified everyone... have a great weekend....!!!!!

Oh, I hate when that happens! I had this happen to me one time. I was in the middle of dyeing my hair. Went to rinse the dye out and NO water. The maintenance man in the trailer court had neglected to tell people they were shutting the water off. My husband had to go to the store and buy water so I could rinse my hair. Boy, was I mad! The least the maintenance man could have done was tell everyone that we would not have water at a certain time so we could have been prepared.

Things could be worse at least when you get it its drinkable. When I lived in Corinth, Greece, the water there was so bad that the neighbouring town Loutraki had places where the people from Corinth could come with their large water containers and fill up. Other than that they had to buy bottled water.

That's really can create a mood swing for all of you, I hope they can fix the water dilemma right away. Cheers!

yes it is true.

Hi,maybe you can through other ways to obtain water,rather than complain against your building owner.I think this way is useless~

Had I been in your position, I would be mad as well. Water is an everyday necessity, for cooking, for washing the dishes and the laundry and taking a bath! Well, hopefully the water in your building would come back soon.