On Monday April 2nd to Tuesday April 3rd 2012 the University of the West Indies Mona Campus experienced a water shortage. On Rex Nettleford Hall students scrambled to gather whatever water to could from tanks on the hall in order to be able to cook and have a dissent shower. Water was absent from the shelves of the Rex mini mart as resident bought out all drinking water they could. Students like myself complained about the high housing fees you pay for to live on the most expense hall when you can even get a cup full of water to brush your teeth.
Not long after the tanks began to dry up as the 800 or so residents used up all the water in them and a water trunk had to be called in to supply and refill some of the tanks. It was a difficult situation for a student as this all happen during a week there where life moves very fast with classes and assignments. Not having water in the mist of all that and having to carry buckets or whatever container you can find to fill up takes up alot of time from that schedule.
My observations during this ordeal are as followers - if i were selling water i would have made alot of money, in the absence of water the fool is thirsty and ironically when there is water some people don't bath but in a shortage or absence everyone want to bath.
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