I have reinstalled the sink in the kitchen for now. Hoping that in the long run I will only be a couple weeks without water in the kitchen. I plan on running the garden hose into the house to fill up Rubbermaid totes and let them sit overnight to get up to temp. Then use a pump hooked to a hose to fill up the tank. Using a pitcher would take me all day lol. I have a heavily stocked 150 gallon with a 40 gallon sump. I typically do about 100+ gallon water change a week.You could get one of those large trash cans from Lowes or Home Depot and fill it up with water outside, add prime, bring it inside and use a pitcher to transfer the water. It works for me, but i have coldwater fish.