When Colleen Freake wants to shower, the Nova Scotia woman lugs a bucket of water from an outdoor holding tank to her kitchen, where she heats the water on the stove in a large pot.
Once warm, the water is poured back into the bucket and carried to the bathtub, where Freake uses a small plastic container to scoop up just enough water to clean herself with. With no end in sight to the drought in the District of the Municipality of West Hants, every drop counts.
Freake said her daily routine has drastically changed since July, when her dug well in Bramber started to dry out.
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