Water shortages

Another day of reduced water pressure. Had to have a 'shower' in the kitchen. Pretty bloody miserable. The infrastructure in this country does not seem to be up to much. About 10 days of bad weather and the whole country - one of the wettest in Europe - is lacking drinking water. This is happening with greater frequency. Galway suffered from severe water bourne infections a couple of years ago. Local government seemed to be at fault there.
Now it seems as if every local authority is having trouble meeting the basic needs of their residents. Kildare County Council seems to be passing the buck for the current water supply problems to Fingal, claiming that they supply all of the water for here. Regardless of who supplies, are KCC not responsible for at least answering the queries of their constituents? Maybe that is not how they view us. Less like their reason for being than an annoyance to be tolerated.
The pressure today is higher than yesterday, so maybe this won't last too long. It is still not enough to push the water up the stairs, but at least we are not having to queue at stand pipes and tankers. I think personally we need to think about what we will do in a situation like this. Next time it may be a lot more serious. Indeed, this time it may yet get worse.
Getting to work took almost two and a half hours. This is normally an hour. There was black ice on the M50 and a lane had to be closed to allow it to be gritted. Maybe there was a good excuse for this, but the impact on the economy was surely serious with so many economically active people stuck in traffic wasting their time. Here's hoping for better tomorrow.