re: stores are selling out of bottled water and toilet paper due to COVID-19

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In the event of a severe pandemic, absenteeism would increase from illness, the fear of infection, and the need to care for ill family members. This absenteeism could affect drinking water and wastewater system operators and their capability to operate and maintain their systems adequately, thereby increasing the risks to public health. Absenteeism would also affect workers from other essential and interdependent sectors such as the transportation, power and chemical sectors. It can have an adverse impact on services such as delivery of chemicals and other essential materials and supplies.

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a few years ago, I lived in a small town that did not have a water tower. When the pump went down, water did not flow out the faucet.

I had never in my life experienced turning on the faucet and nothing. Now I understand the benefit of having a water tower.

Is this where all the people who drink 5 dr peppers a day act like they’re really gonna drink bottled water