The whole town’s water supply was disconnected for council maintenance between 9am and 6pm yesterday but the Crescent Bar & Grill pub had its doors open.
"We knew the water would be off and originally planned on being closed," owner and manager Jen Macdonald said.
"Then Mark [co-owner Mark Haig] had this idea to borrow the tank from our neighbour and raise it on our forklift ... The higher it is, the better the pressure."
The plan worked so well during its test run on Monday night, Mr Haig went ahead and connected the tank to the pub’s domestic plumbing so every outlet from bar, kitchen and toilets was running and flushing as normal.
"The water’s off from 9am until 6pm, so everyone’s on stored water, and the shop, daycare, school and pool are all closed, but at least the pub’s still open," Mrs Macdonald said.
"In fact the water maintenance crew were quite pleased to come in out of the heat to get a soft drink on their break."
By Nick Brook
