Parts of UK to have hosepipe ban
12-03-2012, 16:34
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Re: Parts of UK to have hosepipe ban
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heero yuy, l do take your point of dirty cars etc, BUT everywhere you look now there is an illegal Car washing scheme going, they don't recycle the stuff it just goes down the drain.
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It's not illegal Arthur,allowing it to flush down a drain is what is suppose to happen as long as it hasn't got any hazardous chemicals in it .From the drains it goes to the water treatment works and then back to the taps .So flushing water down the drains is recycling the water.
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12-03-2012, 21:26
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Re: Parts of UK to have hosepipe ban
Clearly dear old Arthur doesn't realise the water he's drinking has passed through any number of people before it gets to him....
http://www.thameswater.co.uk/cps/rde...s.xsl/8372.htm
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12-03-2012, 21:31
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Re: Parts of UK to have hosepipe ban
Someone said to me that if you have a water meter you can carry on using your hose pipe. I think they were telling porkies but are they right?
I couldn't find anything when I looked round the web
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12-03-2012, 21:35
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Re: Parts of UK to have hosepipe ban
Porkies...
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12-03-2012, 21:51
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Re: Parts of UK to have hosepipe ban
Why is it happening though dont mean bans the way our country now getting big drought areas others not.
I wondering if its greanhouse effect more population circulate in one area of the country. It heats up effects weather paterns. With it warms up can cause problems with rainfall in the high population area cause arid dry area.
I read awhile back skyscrapers buildings with alot glass in america causing issues like sun magnet becomes hotter.
Which then if all houses moved to solar could it have adverse effect to rainfall. So tipping the balance.
News says there considering more resevoirs underground water holding locations.
I know in lincolnshire they was going build massive gas holding place in the ground. So something like this could work.
http://www.wingas-storage.com/100909_saltfleetby.html
Problem is HOW to tap into mother nature we got antiquated system resevoirs cant move what was afluent rainfall location might be poorly situated 2012 could be again another year perfect location. Net result we really got setup at whatever the cost system and structure to maximise rainfall catching. Once caught a way to maximise not losing that water to evaporation.
However we also must be in hamony with mother earth.
The work they done was complete waste money just fudges the edges like damning around south watched it countrylife few weeks back.
I actually think we would be better off scrapping the birmingham-london new link put in paying for better water management system and better infrastructure. At least we all benefit.
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12-03-2012, 23:50
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Re: Parts of UK to have hosepipe ban
A hosepipe ban is not going to make much difference to most of us.It will however be more of an inconvenience to farmers and other food producers and certain industries.Let us hope that it doesn't lead to redundancies
Only if we get to standpipes in the streets will there be any problems.
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12-03-2012, 23:57
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Re: Parts of UK to have hosepipe ban
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Only if we get to standpipes in the streets will there be any problems.
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It might revive our bucket making industry though
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13-03-2012, 00:20
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Re: Parts of UK to have hosepipe ban
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A hosepipe ban is not going to make much difference to most of us.It will however be more of an inconvenience to farmers and other food producers and certain industries.Let us hope that it doesn't lead to redundancies
Only if we get to standpipes in the streets will there be any problems.
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do you think it might get a government realise urgency to modernise the water infrastructure.
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13-03-2012, 00:46
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Re: Parts of UK to have hosepipe ban
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do you think it might get a government realise urgency to modernise the water infrastructure.
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That's for the Water industry to sort out.
I was always particularly against privatising water because of our total reliance on the product something we have no choice over,
Gas,electricity,transport,mail,communications we could survive by finding alternatives sources or using other alternatives or by switching..Not so with water.
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Re: Parts of UK to have hosepipe ban
We definitely need to build desalination plants.
It's pointless building more reservoirs and adopting efficient water economy measure if there is inadequate rainfall and no water in the first place.
Desalination plants are expensive to build but then so are nuclear power plants and we still build those.
It's ironic and pathetic that, as an island surrounded by water, we should have a water shortage.
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13-03-2012, 16:44
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If this does come in to London, it will be annoying if l see local football clubs ie the Sunday grounds, constant put water onto the grounds, this is wasteful.
A local ground near me the last time this ban was in, was running a water spray 24 hours a hour, and they were told as it was a business it was legal - the ground is used ONCE a week.
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13-03-2012, 16:48
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Re: Parts of UK to have hosepipe ban
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We definitely need to build desalination plants.
It's pointless building more reservoirs and adopting efficient water economy measure if there is inadequate rainfall and no water in the first place.
Desalination plants are expensive to build but then so are nuclear power plants and we still build those.
It's ironic and pathetic that, as an island surrounded by water, we should have a water shortage.
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The UK doesn't have a water shortage, just parts of it. To be fair the last time this sort of thing happened was in 1976 wasn't it? Hardly a regular event then.....
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13-03-2012, 16:51
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Re: Parts of UK to have hosepipe ban
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Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu
heero yuy, l do take your point of dirty cars etc, BUT everywhere you look now there is an illegal Car washing scheme going, they don't recycle the stuff it just goes down the drain.
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National car wash day (organised by the Fire Service Charity), was cancelled last week due to the water shortage.
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13-03-2012, 18:47
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Re: Parts of UK to have hosepipe ban
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That's for the Water industry to sort out.
I was always particularly against privatising water because of our total reliance on the product something we have no choice over,
Gas,electricity,transport,mail,communications we could survive by finding alternatives sources or using other alternatives or by switching..Not so with water.
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true I totally agree however think gas and electric very much same issue to regardless how they break it up its a necessary comodity should be titely under national control.
but here for solution government build the infrastructure for return part ownership of the companies. If they dont want it then they foot the bill severe regulation to monitor bills it comes out there own profits.
One way put smoking barrel get it part back into public ownership by offering the carrot solving the issue.
Now my thoughts is why cant a public owned company run like private company but ownership is in public hands. Profits then go into back of the company and into treasury. It actually might be way to raise treasury funds.
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13-03-2012, 19:36
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Re: Parts of UK to have hosepipe ban
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true I totally agree however think gas and electric very much same issue to regardless how they break it up its a necessary comodity should be titely under national control.
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No Gas and Electricity are a different issue because you can choose not to use them and use alternatives.Not so with water.It is a commodity that we require to live.
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