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My apartment was without water for about 5 hours one day last week, with no notice and no later explanation. Nothing exciting going on outside though, so I imagine it was just a repair happening somewhere in my building. Wasn't very convenient, but at least I have 5+ gallons of water at all times. I fill empty plastic gallon jugs of distilled H2O (for my CPAP machine) with tap water and let them de-chlorinate for a couple days, then cap them & use them for watering plants. But they're also available for any emergency water needs.

Not enough to take a shower, though, which is what I had in mind the day the water was shut off.

Happened to us a few years ago. Turning on the faucet with no water coming out was scary and weird!

I actually hit a fire hydrant after pulling forward to leave a parking space. I forgot it was in front of my car. The water shot up 20 feet or or more and I took off like a bat out of hell. I was 19 years old and it scared the crap out of me. Lol

I don't need that kind of excitement 😳😰

My friend hit the water main in my basement with a dart once right below the shit off valve so we couldn't turn it off there to stop the water... So it was that day I learned how to shut water off at the curb and how to replace sections of plumbing. But the dart shot back after puncturing the pipe at a very high speed because of the pressure and it just missed my head by inches, good times!

The back flow valve in our yard broke last year. It was quite a mess.

Wow! No, it hasn't happened, but I hope they can fix it quickly. 😬

Nope. Hope it gets fixed soon.