The pool is closed, and most residents have been unable to shower or flush toilets for the last five days. But, on Thursday, they were at least loading up on drinking water.
"It's been an adventure, showers, bathroom time; all that is out the window," Hawthorn Woods resident Scott Frebairn said.
In addition to being without water, crews have dug a 13-foot deep hole in Guencher's front yard, as they work to repair the leak that apparently led to the problems. "Good-sized leak, which really hurt the system, in combination with demand, it was a perfect storm that depleted our system," said Jim Bilotta, with Aqua.
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