Residents of Hanoi have been finding creative solutions to the problem of getting water into their homes, no matter how crazy it is.

The story is not a new one, as Hanoi is always short of water supply during its summer months, but for people who reside in old collective housing areas of the city, the problem is daily, whether it is in spring or autumn, winter or summer.

To deal with this shortage problem, residents in these places have resorted to setting up a tangled maze of water pipes which twist and turn, crossing over one another, and are a scattered mess. Some people described it as a unique display of artwork that can be rarely found any where else in the city.

Residents have extended their own pipes to pump water. The number of pipes equals the number of households that are currently sharing the same housing area.

Having been built since the 80's and 90's, when the infrastructure construction was low and limited for these housing areas, the water can now only be supplied through a common water tank located in the middle of the residential courtyard for everybody to use. It all depends on the ability and creativity of residents to find ways of pumping the water up for themselves.

Below are pictures of the maze-like network of water pipes in Hanoi captured by DTiNews:

Entrance to one residential area.

B4 Building is famous for its maze-like piping network.

Pipes jostling against each other trying to do the same job.

Water pumps on "a display" at a collective residential area on Le Phung Hieu Street.

These machines are set to pump water daily at 5pm.

Water piping network at a collective residential area located on Vong Ha Street.

Pipes hanging all over the place like a spider web.

Don't mistake these for electrical wires.

Source: dantri