“Clean water should never be taken for granted”, writes Susan Thacker for The Great Bend Tribune in Kansas, US: A chain of events left the city without water for about 40 minutes Monday evening and after that we were placed on a boil water advisory that was still in effect until Thursday morning.
Boiling water before making a cup of coffee at home was inconvenient, but many of us had access to bottled water. In the spirit of Thanksgiving, we’re thankful that we live in a community where safe drinking water is usually available straight from the tap and that bottles of clean water are abundant. We’re thankful to be affluent enough to buy that water, though that is surely a luxury not everyone can afford.
She ends her article saying:
Once again, we’re thankful for our water system and the dedicated people who keep it going.
