"Hey, Mom, somebody at school said eggs come from chickens before they come from the store -- is that true?"

Uh.... where does tap water come from? I mean HOW does it get here? I know this sounds dumb (small voice), and I know we have several town wells, and I am assuming it is pumped somewhere along the line. Here is my small town (one traffic light) we have our own town water system. If the power goes off, we still have water. But how? Under what circumstances would we NOT have water, assuming that lines are not interrupted?

Matt's post got me to thinking about NYC without water. He said when the power went out, they still had tap water. But how?

Short sentences, small words please. <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> I know you guys know the answer to this!

Sue