A half-dozen residents of the Mountview Mobile Home Park in southeast Calgary have been without running water since a pipe burst late last week, shutting off water supply amid hot weather.
A majority of the six affected mobile home occupants are senior citizens, who say doing basic tasks has been extremely challenging.
McCafferty says he's been using the garden hose from a neighbour to fill up buckets and pails so that he can flush the toilet or wash dishes, and has bought bottled water to brush his teeth and make tea and coffee.Another affected resident told CTV News on Tuesday he was still waiting for a water wagon to help link his home to a temporary water supply.
"We're expected to lug water from the 7-11 to our homes. The guy next door to me, he fell. He's lugging gallons of water to his house. I just felt this is absolutely atrocious," he said. A Toronto-based company called Firm Capital owns the Mountview mobile park and told CTV News there was a minor leak on Thursday evening, a water pipe on its property burst on Friday, and the water was shut off on Saturday.
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