In article >, says...
>
> On 4/17/2020 4:20 AM, Ophelia wrote:
> >
> > This morning I had a big shock!* There was a report on the radio that
> > many people in USA were having a difficult time because they don't have
> > water?????
> >
> > Is that true!* You have to pay water bills and if you don't, you will
> > have your water turned off????
> >
> > I have never heard of such a thing!!!!!** How on earth can those people,
> > at a time like this, manage with no water?????
> >
>
> Rare, but can happen. How many were shut off? Very few of the 320
> million of us.


FSV of "rare, very few"

https://www.theguardian.com/environm...ns-us-at-risk-
losing-running-water-amid-layoffs-triggered-coronavirus-pandemic


" in 2016, one in every 20 households were disconnected by public
water departments, leaving an estimated 15 million Americans without
running water."

In the coming downturn there's going to be a lot more unemployed
Americans at risk of unpaid water bills

Janet UK