Posted in Environment, tagged Oaxaca, tinaco, water on April 10, 2011|
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Flying into any airport in Mexico, you see them, Mexico’s ubiquitous rooftop water delivery system, the tinaco. This is mine…

After living with and cursing it for the past 16 months, word has it I might be getting a newer and larger one. Even though I’m not superstitious, I’m keeping my fingers crossed!
*** For those of you who are dying to know how the water system here works: Municipal water is regularly (or, not so regularly) pumped into an aljibe, a storage tank under our courtyard and driveway; a bomba (pump) is run daily for an hour to bring water from the aljibe up into the tinacos sitting on the various rooftops of the apartment complex. When we turn on our tap, water flows (or dribbles) from our faucets courtesy of gravity.
I might add, this is non potable water. Drinking water is a completely different story…
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