Today's OneWord: Metered

Each family was given a metered amount of water, and it wasn't much to pass the week. Rationing was a top priority, and that meant that children had to stay inside for most of the day, because running around in the heat would make them more dehydrated. I passed each bucket and jug to each group, wishing I could offer more. But the drought had taken its toll, and if we weren't careful, come the end of the summer, the entire area would have to be evacuated and abandoned, rendering it a ghost town.