Those who did not have time to store water, discovered that it was possible to take a bath with the same amount that it takes to fill a toilet cistern.
A 66-year-old resident recounted how some in desperation took water from fire hydrants after the reserve tanks dried up. It was fortunate that all the lifts servicing the people’s housing project’s 17 floors were in working order. Luckily, the complainant who had plumbing experience, pointed out that after so many days air would have entered the pipes and that it would be necessary to release the air pockets so that water could be pumped to the units.The entire episode, said a resident, was one disappointment after another.
As they were ordering a la carte, he did not dare open his restaurant to the public as their reserve tank was close to drying up. Over in Taman Bukit Kuchai, Puchong, residents were seen stoically lining up under the hot sun and later getting soaked in the rain as they waited their turn at the static filling station set up by Air Selangor.