Don’t just rely on Waterman; follow best practices

Like every month this month, the bribe-paying time came.

I saw our waterman going on bike backside of our house from my CCTV. He also goes slowly when it’s time to get paid.

Who doesn’t love to get paid? All love it.

I called him to come and collect his monthly bribe.

He came. As always, he opened our sump cover to check the water level in the sump.

This time, the sump was quite empty.

I asked him why you didn’t leave enough water this month.

He replied, “Bore is having an issue”.

I told him not to turn off the water to our line as our water level is low on our sump.

He also told Ok, inform me when your sump is full like he told me first.

He immediately realised we don’t get noticed when our sump is full because of sump automation.

To which I said, Yes. We don’t notice when the sump is full as it shuts off the tap automatically when the sump is full.

Ok, no issues. He took his bike and left the spot.

Yesterday and today, he left the water in our area, listening to my words, which filled our sump.

If we don’t pay him.. he suddenly create artifical scarcity and close valves.

We don’t have time or energy to deal with the government to fix the problem.

That’s why we promptly pay every month, and he also takes care of it without any issues, even when real scarcity comes.

One important thing you must remember is that no matter how much your waterman cooperates with you. You should follow some of the best practices to ensure water comes to the sump at a good pressure when the waterman opens the valve.

Many don’t pay attention to that point while constructing their house.

Once they notice that their sump tap water is not coming properly, that time they try to fix the problem.

Most of the problems they try are temporary solutions…It’s not a permanent solution.

And spend thousands of rupees fixing the water issue.

It happened in many of my neighbour’s houses. I already shared their stories earlier.

If you don’t want to make such mistakes, here are some of the best practices you need to do while constructing a sump and enjoy good water flow to your sump.

Arun

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While we casually discussed, he asked about any water issues in this area like they asked.

When discussing this water topic, one of the parents replied that he had a 50,000 Ltr sump in their building, which they use for garage purposes.

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It is a casual visit. My dad often visits them to spend their free time.

During their visit, Dad’s friend tried calling the water tanker guy from their phone. That time, my dad enquired why the water tanker…

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Today, I noticed something interesting.

Today, the waterman left water on our line/house. Our sump got full and started overflowing at 12:08PM.

So my dad closed the valve. (We have an automated valve closing in our house. We once removed it, we didn’t put it back. I will talk about that in the Sump Automation Guide)

At 6 PM, our opposite house sump got full and started overflowing. Today, no one was there in their house, so I called our area water man to stop water in our line.

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Bangalore users already started facing water issues.

If you watch the news, you may probably be aware of the issues currently going on in Banglore.

I don’t watch any news. Still, some serious news comes to me.

Anytime summer comes, water scarcity rises, and water tankers’ golden period starts.

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In Bangalore, Cauvery water is charged based on usage basis. Usually, they fix some water meters and charge based on how many litres they consume.

Till now, I thought users who have a Cauvery water connection.

– they don’t face water shortage issue

– Owners don’t need to give bribes to waterman

– Water comes with sufficient water pressure

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House Not Getting Water to their Sump, Taking New Connection from Different Path

new water line connection path

They have been trying to fix the Water not coming to their sump problem since yesterday.

It happened behind our house itself.

I took some photos as well. If you are interested, see the images here.

I thought about sharing yesterday itself…

But the work is not yet completed. Till today, 7.30 Pm, labourers are working on this task…

Tomorrow also some work will be there for civil labourers to fix.

This is not a new building… It’s an old building itself. But they started facing issues now… the reason?

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