That's a headline in the September 19, 2009, issue of a Kampala newspaper, New Vision. Water supply to 25 schools was discontinued over illegal use, meaning unpaid bills or bypassing their meters. You might picture the drinking water fountains being shut off but it's much worse. When the water is shut off, there's no water for the kitchens, for the sinks, or for flushing toilets.
We promptly paid our water bill when it arrived--we're keen on having running water. We used 5 cubic meters in a month (not quite 1300 gallons or about 43 gallons per day) and our bill came to 10,648 Uganda schillings (about $6). That's inexpensive water. It's maybe too little to operate a municipal system, but what if you charged more and people (including schools) can't pay? Amy will solve that dilemma when she graduates in philosophy.
Paul
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Did you get that debit card issue cleared up? When we were in China the first time we had a surprise - we knew we were limited to $200 per day from the hotel ATM, but one morning it said NO! We eventually figured out that it was still the same day in Corvallis even though it was a new day in China!
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