With the water situation getting worse, citizens are reduced to guessing on which day they will get water and at what time. The Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board stops the water supply or delays releasing it as per its whims and fancies.

As it is, some colonies and gated communities in peripheral areas get municipal water just once a week. If that day is given a miss in the supply schedule, the colonies go without water for eight to 10 days or more.