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A water company in South East England has been authorised to impose a drought order, banning all non essential water use.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/southern_counties/4772373.stm

Apparently it's easier to just ban us from using water than it is for them to spend money fixing their leaking pipes, or building a water national grid, or desalinate sea water. Isn't it nice when companies put profits first?

It'd be nice if people stopped wasting water too.
Sure, they need to fix their leaky pipes, but when half the water goes down the consumers' drains without being used, it's perhaps not the only problem.

Meh, droughts are declared everywhere in summer. It doesn't actually mean anything.

Ain't it a bitch when people have simply to deal with the results of their own actions?

A water company in South East England has been authorised to impose a drought order, banning all non essential water use.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/southern_counties/4772373.stm

Apparently it's easier to just ban us from using water than it is for them to spend money fixing their leaking pipes, or building a water national grid, or desalinate sea water. Isn't it nice when companies put profits first?

Consumers who waste their water and companies who make money not fixing their pipes. :p

Ain't it a bitch when people have simply to deal with the results of their own actions?
'Our own actions' being what, living?

'Our own actions' being what, living?

Own actions being consuming.

It's not like watercompanies forced them to hose a car, water a lawn or take Hollywood-showers by holding a gun at their heads, wot?

How much water do you need for tea and coffee per day?

'Our own actions' being what, living?
Living in the nice and sunny south instead of the grim and rainy north. And no, you're not getting our water. :)

Living in the nice and sunny south instead of the grim and rainy north. And no, you're not getting our water. :)

Le woot!

Own actions being consuming.

It's not like watercompanies forced them to hose a car, water a lawn or take Hollywood-showers by holding a gun at their heads, wot?
But at the same time it's not as if the consumers forced the water companies to ignore a 25% water loss rate, or fail to invest in desalination or a national water network. Or made the Government build hundreds of thousands of new houses in an area that was already short of resources.

This is England, for crying out loud; it's not as if we don't have enough water.

But at the same time it's not as if the consumers forced the water companies to ignore a 25% water loss rate, or fail to invest in desalination or a national water network. Or made the Government build hundreds of thousands of new houses in an area that was already short of resources.

This is England, for crying out loud; it's not as if we don't have enough water.

If you want to start a new company that will transport water with only a 1% loss, you are free to do so.

Living in the nice and sunny south instead of the grim and rainy north. And no, you're not getting our water. :)
I seem to recall plans to pipe water from Kielder to London? Yorkshire definitely steals water from there.

If you want to start a new company that will transport water with only a 1% loss, you are free to do so.
If you want to roll over when a company says its cheaper to inconvenience its customers than actually provide the service it's paid to, you're free to do so. You might find yourself getting ripped off a lot, though.

If you want to roll over when a company says its cheaper to inconvenience its customers than actually provide the service it's paid to, you're free to do so. You might find yourself getting ripped off a lot, though.

Not sure how it works in the South, but I guess we pay here by the cubic meter.

Not sure how it works in the South, but I guess we pay here by the cubic meter.
We have rates where I am, but even if we were on a meter the company should be sorting out its service to provide the goods, not simply cutting back on supply.

But at the same time it's not as if the consumers forced the water companies to ignore a 25% water loss rate, or fail to invest in desalination or a national water network. As far as desalination is concerned, consumers don't want to pay the cost for it. Simple as that. You get what you pay for.
There aren't huge profits in water, unless you bottle it and sell it in supermarkets. Go wash your car with that ;)

We have rates where I am, but even if we were on a meter the company should be sorting out its service to provide the goods, not simply cutting back on supply.

Says you. I'd say not. Shoulds are impossible to resolve.

Anyway, get some meters, so you'll learn to value every drop.
A negative feedback system.

As far as desalination is concerned, consumers don't want to pay the cost for it. Simple as that. You get what you pay for.
There aren't huge profits in water, unless you bottle it and sell it in supermarkets. Go wash your car with that ;)
Heh, that might take a while though.

I think people are prepared to pay; however, I also think that they think that water is a right, not a privilege. And when this crisis comes about to a large extent because of the water companies (for example; here in the south east they've sold off reservoirs for housing), people are more than a little fed up with the situation.

Heh, that might take a while though.

I think people are prepared to pay; however, I also think that they think that water is a right, not a privilege. And when this crisis comes about to a large extent because of the water companies (for example; here in the south east they've sold off reservoirs for housing), people are more than a little fed up with the situation.


*emits load noises of northern laughing*

I guess they'll have to get used to not getting rights every time anyone south of Watford Gap gets a hissyfit. Want water? Show me the money.

Meanwhile, we do have some Hadrian's Water bottles for sale.

*emits load noises of northern laughing*

I guess they'll have to get used to not getting rights every time anyone south of Watford Gap gets a hissyfit. Want water? Show me the money.

Meanwhile, we do have some Hadrian's Water bottles for sale.
It's not really the South, just the South East. When I was in Bristol, we certainly knew what water was. :p

*emits load noises of northern laughing*

I guess they'll have to get used to not getting rights every time anyone south of Watford Gap gets a hissyfit. Want water? Show me the money.

Meanwhile, we do have some Hadrian's Water bottles for sale.
*splashes about in Kielder Reservoir*
Water, water everywhere, so lets all have a drink!
:p

*splashes about in Kielder Reservoir*
Water, water everywhere, so lets all have a drink!
:p


*giggles*

Have a drink in the Lake District!

It's not really the South, just the South East. When I was in Bristol, we certainly knew what water was. :p

Yeah, but your version was a wee bit salty, wot?
:fluffle: