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    Hose pipe Ban

    Yep you heard it here

    Seven firms say they will impose water restrictions after two unusually dry winters left reservoirs, aquifers and rivers below normal levels.


    Southern Water, South East Water, Thames Water, Anglian Water, Sutton and East Surrey, Veolia Central and Veolia South East are to enforce restrictions.


    All seven companies said they will impose bans from 5 April.


    BBC News - Hosepipe ban to be imposed in drought-hit parts of UK

    Welsh water have said they cant afford to pump the water across the border.


    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-17343140
    Last edited by cardiffsteve; 12-03-2012, 06:18 PM.
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  • #2
    "Act" and "get it together" seem to come to mind here......
    The cats' valet.

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    • #3
      it amazes me how we are surrounded by water, yet we still have hose-pipe bans!

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      • #4
        And if you look at the map on the link Suffolk is not affected. Our water is supplied by Essex & Suffolk water co, but the drains are managed by Anglia Water. Work that one out

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        • #5
          I just don't know why we don't have backup desalination plants, (partly) powered by renewable energy (tidal, wind, and perhaps even solar).

          I used to live abroad, and most of the fresh water there was from the sea... That place wasn't even an island!

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          • #6
            Don't know if I am being thick or something?!?
            But why can't they use sea water?

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            • #7
              Desalination of sea water is an expensive process I'm told by my A level environmental science student son. I guess it uses a lot of fuel to heat and and pump the sea water. Not sure of the actual process.

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              • #8
                Oh?
                But still

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                • #9
                  Right I'm starting the bidding at 50p a litre for water

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                  • #10
                    Desalination plants are very expensive to both construct and run and environmentally not the greenest of technologies either. Waste of water needs to be sorted before we start thinking about building whole-scale new plants and that needs to be addressed by householders, businesses and the water companies. Oh and it's not helped by the excessive new built of housing that went on until fairly recently which dramatically increased the demand for water. Ideally we'd use much less potable water, I mean, water fit for drinking really doesn't need to be used for flushing the loo but our infrastructure isn't set up to have separate systems for this. Real shame and something which should be looked at for all new developments really. Would help loads.

                    Some of us live in the past, always talking about back then. Some of us live in the future, always planning what we are going to do. And, then there are those, who neither look behind or ahead, but just enjoy the moment of right now.

                    Which one are you and is it how you want to be?

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by super trowel View Post
                      But why can't they use sea water?
                      Expensive to build, huge expense in fuel to run, fossil fuel emissions, damage to marine environment, increased salinity of remaining seawater ...

                      desalination in Bahrain, where they use 3x the water of us in the UK, per head

                      The ecological argument

                      A Californian perspective to desalination
                      All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by chris View Post
                        I just don't know why we don't have backup desalination plants
                        We do. Thames Water opened one last year, and Southern Water has said it will look at building one near Brighton

                        They won't be producing cheap water for everyone: they will be making (even more) money, hand over fist as the big companies control how much water we get and how we're allowed to use it
                        All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by cardiffsteve View Post
                          Right I'm starting the bidding at 50p a litre for water
                          STEVEN shhhhhhhhh,the powers that B have enough to think about,don't give em yet more ideas lol
                          sigpicAnother nutter ,wife,mother, nan and nanan,love my growing places,seed collection and sharing,also one of these

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Two_Sheds View Post
                            they will be making (even more) money, hand over fist as the big companies control how much water we get and how we're allowed to use it
                            Welsh Water (Dwr Cymru) is a not for profit organisation with no shareholders. We sometimes get rebates on our water bills - not a lot but every little helps (said the old lady as she p.....d in the river).

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by lottie dolly View Post
                              STEVEN shhhhhhhhh,the powers that B have enough to think about,don't give em yet more ideas lol
                              LottieD, that's Steve's cunning plan for earning himself a fortune. Next thing he'll be offering is a very long hose from his house into England!

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