People are using less water. More storm and waste water is being recycled. As a result, there is less water in waste pipes, and the water that is in pipe tends to be "black water". That is... chunky.

As a result, we're getting more blockages in pipes.

After last week's rain I noticed a few drains were blocked. They were full of leaves that hadn't been properly washed away because of the lack of rain.

Today it rained so hard it was hard to see the other side of the street. For about 10 minutes. It's a start.