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?
YesMups, l also believe we have plenty of water usually.
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! 😟😟👎👎