Suddenly there was no water to drink, except from your tank. What is your basic instinct to survive if there is no water coming out of your drinking tap to quench your thirst, and no water for your vegetables, fruit and garden.
What would this mean? The worst would come out of the human species. Some would steal, fight and even murder for this precious gold, for themselves and their families. What about the government? What would they do? War restrictions would apply, it would get so bad that the police would try to keep order but be hard pressed to cope.
It would be everyone for themselves. What about the babies, desperate mothers would not have enough milk to feed their child, so what would they do?
This story is set in Adelaide, South Australia, but the problem occurs around the nation.