Hola, buen dia.
I am sure you have been keeping track of the weather here in Sonora.
We have been in a severe drought and it has been miserable around here.
Back in February, Alamos was put on a water restriction program. Supposedly, you would receive water from the city every other day.
Because we live on a slight hill, that schedule really meant no water for us because there is not enough pressure in the system to bring the water uphill from the well that services our street.
We have received water through the city lines maybe 3 or 4 times since February.
However, when this happens the city is obligated to send what is called a PIPA, a water truck, to your home 2 times a week to fill your aljibe or tinaco or whatever you collect water in. We usually get the PIPA once a week and are grateful for that.
We have a small aljibe and a large tinaco on the roof. The roof tinaco supplies the house and the aljibe supplies water for the laundry and the yard.
They each hold around 3,500 litres of water.
We quickly realized that they don't hold enough water so Senor decided to build a big aljibe.
It is our intention to have it fill from rain water only. But Senor put in a pipe system that can be accessed by the PIPA if we have to go that route.
