Pitch Watering

The Thames water one cost £250 million and it doesn’t work. It’s never been online. So you drink sea water all you like mate. You obviously need it more than the kippers?

 

Not just Thames water , kid brother says there is one in Australia , built years ago, but never used.

 

Were not on a meter I'll no use my hose pipe from the 26 August.

 

We do not need to do that with sea water it’s bloody summer , summers are usually hot and dry !! Go to the water companies to sort the leaks out which are one of the biggest reasons for the water disappearing! It’s pissing it down all next week….back to usual!

 

Coupled to the fact most water companies have sold a good few reservoirs for profit.

 

People say that about meters but it would be costing you more if you were on the old rates system. Yes you can save a bit of cash by not watering but it would take some serious effort to spend what similar houses would be paying on the rates. Talking at work today, I pay £40 a month 3 bed with a decent size garden which we water and fill paddling pools up, one colleague had 2 bed and was paying £60 and another 4 bed house paying over £100 both of those were on the rates. We almost cut our bill in half when we had the meter fitted

 

You mean privately owned companies can do as they want with their assets, another good reason to take it back in house, you have to feel for the share holder a guy from Yorkshire Water quote there have been no dividends for the last 5 years for Yorkshire Water share holders.

"Shareholders in the UK's nine privatised water companies have made more than £6.5bn from dividends and interest in the past five years, according to new research. Bosses of the nine companies were paid £58m in salary, bonuses, pensions and other benefits over the same five-year period, the GMB union found" that obviously doesn't include Yorkshire Water who are owned by Kelda Holdings, which is incorporated in Jersey, you have to wonder why.

 

Does this hosepipe ban include the likes of horse racing cricket, football etc.

 

No. Domestic only

 

No we do not need to transform sea water to normal drinking water because of a two week heatwave ffs.

 

During the 96 drought my mate drove a tanker up and down from the Lake District with water, at the time talk was Yorkshire Water were going to build a pipe line from the lakes to supply the Yorkshire area with water in drought conditions..

 

This has to be the best comment on BT ever.

 

I remember seeing them laying massive pipes at side of the A! to pump water down from Durham area to West Yorkshire

 

Another interesting fact Camels can drink sea/salt water with no ill effects, marvelous what you learn watching Animal Park on BBC.

 

thirsty ones