11.   Sure, days are still plenty warm, water is still rationed and those six-packs of begonias look more like six-packs of Bud.

12.   The city now rations domestic water and cuts supplies during the night.

13.   Water was severely rationed.

14.   Costa Rica will begin rationing water next month because of drought associated with El Nino, said Gabriela Ross, director of the Institute of Aqueducts and Sewers.

15.   France is rationing water, after seeing some farmland dried to dust, and Britain is considering reprocessing sea water to replenish falling water reservoirs.

16.   How could one not point fingers when burst pipes remain unattended for days even when water is being rationed!

17.   Last year, lower-than-average rainfall forced authorities to ration water from May through October.

18.   Last year, the Authority rationed water from May through most of October in the capital.

19.   Last year, below-average rainfall forced authorities to ration water from May through October.

20.   Last year, dry skies and mismanagement forced the authority to ration water from May through most of October in the capital.