Heavy Vancouver rains flood water supply

Over the last month in Vancouver there was so much rain (warm tropical rain from Hawaii) that our water supply system has been flooded. Officially from Thursday/Friday it was suggested not to drink from tap. At work, all the tea and coffee machines have been shut off. Useless water filter stations now have signs warning of the hazard. On Friday morning at one of the Costco stores in Vancouver a fight has been started .... a fight over a bottled water!

So, now, the official safe drink is beer for most of people and cola for the ones that cannot take the smell of the first one (?what the heck?). Beer with toast in the morning. Beer during lunch with sushi and, finally, beer at night with the main meal. I believe it's more healthier now than the tap water.

Now, since we do not have a clean water supply in the company and since before that all of the drinks including tea and coffee were free as well, I think beer should be supplied for free for the time being and supported as a solution for water hazard problem. I will raise that question on Monday. It should boost the productivity of engineers.