12-08-2020, 10:53 PM
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UK water supplies?
Every time we have more than five days hot weather l see reportsof various municipalities being unable to supply water through the
pipes??
Are we running out of water?
Or have we got too many new water users connected to the same
pipes that used to supply half the amount of users they do now?
If it is the latter, then l hope the thousands of new houses Boris has
promised will have their own supply pipes connected directly
to the dam and not be just added onto the end of the existing
network?
Donkeyman! 🤔🤔
12-08-2020, 11:04 PM
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Re: UK water supplies?
I can only speak for this region Donkeyman, but they were saying on the news a few days ago, that there is plenty of water still in the reservoirs, it is just that with so many people at home - kids off school, and adults off work, then this hot weather as well and many more baths, showers, and washing machines being used, that too many people are using it at the same time and the supply is not getting through the pipes.It sounded like there is enough water (at the mo), but the water authorities can't get it to the customers all at once.
They said with many more people holidaying on their 'Staycations' here as well, it is making it even worse.
I agree with what you say about more and more new houses being build though. Where will all the water come from?
One question if I may . . . when you see bottled water in shops with an expiry date of a couple of years on it, how do they do that? Why doesn't it go off, or go green or something?
Has it preservatives added?
13-08-2020, 08:08 AM
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Re: UK water supplies?
Originally Posted by Silver Tabby
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We are an island for goodness sake - surrounded by water. Why don't 'they' do something useful for a change and build a couple of desalination plants - or is that too logical?
13-08-2020, 08:55 AM
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Re: UK water supplies?
What should be done is, save the water that we get when we get floods. Divert it from rivers into reservoirs, which could double as wildfowl, fishing or in land beach/water parks or build underground reservoirs. . That would solve two problems. No flooding and no shortage, simples
13-08-2020, 10:16 AM
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Re: UK water supplies?
Originally Posted by Mups
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I can only speak for this region Donkeyman, but they were saying on the news a few days ago, that there is plenty of water still in the reservoirs, it is just that with so many people at home - kids off school, and adults off work, then this hot weather as well and many more baths, showers, and washing machines being used, that too many people are using it at the same time and the supply is not getting through the pipes.It sounded like there is enough water (at the mo), but the water authorities can't get it to the customers all at once.
They said with many more people holidaying on their 'Staycations' here as well, it is making it even worse.
I agree with what you say about more and more new houses being build though. Where will all the water come from?
One question if I may . . . when you see bottled water in shops with an expiry date of a couple of years on it, how do they do that? Why doesn't it go off, or go green or something?
Has it preservatives added?
But this is an old country with old infrastructure that was installed
when population was low and demand was much less,so the pipes
used were skinny pipes that were adequate for the times, but it
seems that aspopulation rose anr more houses were built we didnt
put new larger pipes in, being btitish we just connected the new
reticulation systems onto the old skinny pipes hoping people would
not all use water at the same time??
This can be rectified by installing new larger pipes to the dams and
then cross connecting these to the newer developments!
But unfortunately as Swimmy says, we privatised our water supplies
and some of the new owners are indeed european and are
disinclined to invest in doing this due to profit pressures?
Privatisation was a big mistake when applied to essential services
such as water imo??
There is considerable controversy right across the EU concerning
the privatisation of public water supplies and the resulting price
rises etc!!
Donkeyman! 😟😟👎👎
13-08-2020, 10:21 AM
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Originally Posted by swimfeeders
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HiSimple answer, we privatised water companies.
Most are now foreign owned and they have no incentive to invest, just to make profits.
UK has been raped !!
Donkeyman! 😟👎👎
13-08-2020, 11:51 AM
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Re: UK water supplies?
Originally Posted by Donkeyman
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Every time we have more than five days hot weather l see reportsof various municipalities being unable to supply water through the
pipes??
Are we running out of water?
Or have we got too many new water users connected to the same
pipes that used to supply half the amount of users they do now?
If it is the latter, then l hope the thousands of new houses Boris has
promised will have their own supply pipes connected directly
to the dam and not be just added onto the end of the existing
network?
Donkeyman! 🤔🤔
I had one fitted about 5yrs ago and by being purposefully aware of what was used and why, my bills were cut by a considerable amount
When connected households become aware of how much water is consumed and/or unnecessarily wasted, every household member remembers this every time they head off to the taps etc and thus the demand on the whole water supply system is reduced by an amazing amount
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