I woke up this morning and turned on a tap, to have only a trickle of water come out - luckily enough for the kettle. When I went to the shop over the road, I discovered that a main has burst nearby, and this whole area is without water.

It's not like I can't cope without water - I bought a litre of bottled for brewing up, but it's bugging me that I can't flush the loo, do the washing up or put some clothes washing on, even tho I know that there's guys out there working to sort the problem and it'll probably all be sorted before the end of the day. It's a short-term inconvenience, that's all.

It's a reminder of what life is like for those without a ready water supply. We in the UK find get so used to turning on a tap and safe & clean water just being there that it can be hard to appreciate what life must be like for those in less developed countries. Normal life things that are easy for us - that we do without much of a thought - are huge chores for some people on the planet and we should remember how by just a geographical fact of nature we're born with it all here for us.

eFestivals has been supporting WaterAid for a while, but today has put at the front of my mind how valuable their work must be for those that that benefit.

WaterAid works in 17 countries providing water, sanitation and hygiene education to some of the world's poorest people.

http://www.wateraid.org.uk