More water

Beautiful day today so I took the opportunity to clean out the water tank. The local water supply is apparently of a pretty poor quality so a tank outside our kitchen window collects all the rainwater from the roof which is fed into a tap by the sink.

I’ve long harboured suspicions concerning the quality of this water as there is always a thin skim of red particles floating on top of the water in the kettle and a reddish glow to a glass of water drawn from said tap.

So today I drained the tank before turning it on its side in order to flush out any rust which may have accumulated at the bottom of the tank. Imagine my surprise as gallons of black, stinking mud splattered onto the lawn (and over me). I still smell of it actually and it can’t have done much good to my intestines in the six months or so I’ve been drinking from it.

I imagine that will explain the excessive flatulence I’ve been experiencing since I arrived although all I need to do now is to come up with a reason for a similar complaint in pretty much all of my previous residences.

Anyway, drained it, squirted it, drained it, squirted it, drained it, squirted it, drained it, squirted it, drained it, squirted it, drained it, squirted it, until the water started to run clear (or until I got bored which was luckily enough around the time the water became ‘acceptably’ clear).

All back in place now and waiting for rain….

Shouldn’t be too long now…

I’ll keep you posted.