We cannot afford to take another hit like that from water.

The next few days, staying hydrated is the big thing and avoiding consuming contaminated foods and water. ... If you can do that, you're probably OK for a week. Beyond that, unless we get water and electricity going, it's going to be impossible to live here. Just impossible.

[But if Boyden grew up canoeing across cold-water lakes and tramping through the birch forests with his relatives, no one ever explained their connection. His parents were raised during the 1930s when native heritage was considered shameful and many mixed-race people would pretend to be white.] I think my grandmother lived with this quietly, unhappily, ... My mother just refused to recognise it so didn't grow up with any kind of prejudice.

Snow is water, and ice is water, and water is water, these three are one

It's not just a water company problem. Laws have to be enacted to close some of these loopholes so that companies can't get away with this.

Some people there have not eaten or drunk water for three or four days, which is inexcusable.