I was glad we were out of Kaohsiung when they had water rationing. I can't imagine a city that size running out of water. That's one thing about cities. When the flow of services gets disrupted, it makes a huge difference in your environment. Being without electricity for a day or two in the country would be an inconvenience with regards to getting water out of your well, but otherwise it would feel largely like life as normal. Shut the juice off to a major city, and it's downright frightening.