Water water everywhere but not a drop to drink

Today seems to be the end of our three day water shortage. When we got back from our weekend away the taps and toilets were all dry. Water coolers were placed around the campus for drinking but the pool was the only thing resembling a shower.

This morning I got about two minutes of cold water before the pressure dropped and the flow slowed to a trickle. That's still promising though; it's the most water I've seen coming out of a shower for a couple of days.

It's the dry season here in Costa Rica and the conditions can get especially dry where we are in Atenas. All water must be piped from the wetter Carribean side of the country and we happen to be right about at the end of the line. Any water flowing through the aquaducts is accounted for by the time they wind their way through the mountains to us.