In view of the recent water disruption incident which affected many Mahallahs (including mine!!), here are some pointers that you can consider to prepare in case this incident recurs in the future.
1. Store as much water in your room.
The moment you heard of or read the announcement of a possible disruption, quickly run to the toilet and fill up your pails and bottles and put them in your room. Invest in more pails if you need to. Remember to cover your pails so nasty insects won’t end up swimming there.
2. Buy big bottled water.
If you’re the kind that is just lazy and have money to spare, instead of filling your pails, you can just buy water in bottles. If you have even more money, pay someone to buy them for you and deliver straight to your room. Note that the moment water supply is cut, these big (1.5 litres) bottled drinking water will go out of stock very quickly like ‘goreng pisang panas’ (as my Malaysian friend would put it). So you either buy them early, or brace yourself to face the possible consequence.
3. Utilise the toilets at unaffected areas.
Based on my observation, the Mosque, Kuliahs and Sports Complex were not affected by the disruption. There are showers in the mosque and both sports complexes, you can shower there in the morning before lesson, if the situation really calls for it.
4. Overnight at a friends’ place
…if they are staying outside of and nearby IIUM. It helps if you are good friends them, otherwise, you need to shamelessly ask them if you can stay over at their place till the water issue has been resolved. If you need to, offer some favours in return. Negotiate. However, it is important to note that by doing this, you stand a chance to be judged by your peers as a spoilt-brat. Alternatively, you can try asking your lecturers.
5. IIUM River
Where else would be better than getting water from the main source itself, true? Haha!
Depending on your level of desperation, here are five things which you can consider in the future.
In all seriousness, I am sure if you think deeply, there are things that we can learn from this incident. I’ll let you figure that out on your own. Having said that, as I am writing this, many Mahallahs are still facing this problem, so I hope this problem will be resolved ASAP.
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