Insolvent tenants openly defied the collector of the waterrate from their ten-roomed strongholds, and existed for weeks without any visible means of procuring that necessary fluid.
I mean, if...if a country recognises in its national legislation that the right to water cannot be denied then the government or the companies that provide you water cannot turn their taps off, even if you don't pay for the water.
" We are desperate, " he said, counting on his fingers the debts that overwhelm him, including a bank loan, bills for water, electricity, gas, and school supplies for his two grandchildren.