56/365 Complicated Fire Hydrant

This fire hydrant has garnered a lot of attention in the past two weeks. It is located just outside my office window and every day I watch various crews, trucks, front end loaders and tools working on it. Last week they were working in frigid minus 20 C temps - there is a lot of frozen water on the ground. This fire hydrant is shortly to become the only source of clean water for Aspen Ridge Phase 2 which has been without safe drinking and washing water since it was discovered early January that their water supply was contaminated. And apparently the problem won't be fixed until "spring". Somehow being told we can have free access to City facilities like the field house to shower would not be very consoling to me. It has been 2 months already and still 25 homes do not have safe water even for bathing.

We are thankful we are on the other side of this fire hydrant and continue to enjoy the luxury of safe drinking and washing water.