In addition to that, if this is an old building, then I'd bet that the reason for the water shutoff is to fix a leak. If there's a leak, it's likely that the le

In addition to that, if this is an old building, then I'd bet that the reason for the water shutoff is to fix a leak. If there's a leak, it's likely that the leak is leaking into the structure somewhere. Might be that five days of leakage are much, much more water wasted [0] than if everyone in the building stocks several gallons of water for use during the shutoff period. [0] And in this case, actually wasted because they'll not make it to a drain to get to a water treatment plant.