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Empty plastic bottles sit on the floor at Anika and Neil’s house. Though plastic bottles are usually frowned upon, here, they are a lifeline. In summer, they are used throughout the day to do basic chores, and to shower, when the pipes run empty.
Growing up I remember it was already challenging to get water at my mother’s house in summer days. Water restrictions would be put in place, and water pipes would lock off at 6am in the morning, until 6pm in the evening, between the months of June to September.
15 years on, drought has become so bad that water lock offs now start as early as April, which means for half of the year, Anika and Neil wake up before 6am to fill water bottles.
