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  Posted by Slugger (U2316506) on Saturday, 15th April 2006

  Personally I am getting bored with all this water obsession. Those of you in the SE do have a genuine problem, and my sincere sympathies (though why should anyone want to sprinkle a lawn?), but why do we all have to suffer being repeatedly told about saving water all the time?
  
  I do not sprinkle. I do not hose my car. I do not fill my swimming pool (I wish).
  
  I do use a hose to water pots. It has a lance with instant on/off so no water is wasted, and I will continue to use it whatever, because no way am I being antisocial, selfish, arrogant or putting anybody in danger! I just want to water my pots by the most efficient method available. AND I am on a water meter, so I pay for every drop.

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  Posted by daz (U3718316) on Sunday, 16th April 2006

  I have to agree with you there! I live in the South East. I personally cannot see the difference between watering the pots with a watering can or using the hose! It uses the same amount of water regardless!
  
  To me it seems thats its not so much a case of lack of water but rather a lack of management by the water companies! The area in which I live is surrounded by reservoirs, lakes, rivers and gravel pits! Why are they not looking into these resources!
  
  

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  Posted by daz (U3718316) on Sunday, 16th April 2006

  sorry, forgot to say! Most of my customers think that we should refuse to pay our water bills as we are not receiving the service for which we are paying! If everyone was to do this do you think the water companies might become a little more responsible

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  Posted by Obelixx (U2157162) on Sunday, 16th April 2006

  Me too Slugger. And every time they come to measure they tut-tut about using enough water for a family of 4 but then I point out we have new pipes and high pressure, we all have a shower every day and we have, on average, enough guests in a year to constitute at least half a person.
  
  We don't wash the car with it or sprinkle the grass or leave the tap running when we clean our teeth and we never have hose pipe bans round here either because every house is metered.

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  Posted by anneliesje (U3003883) on Sunday, 16th April 2006

  OK!
  
  This is my little day! I heard in the news that in the UK so much water is lost through leaks! Up to 40% !! In London I heard even till 60%!
  In the other EU countries the average of water lost through leaks is 5%!
  That is a big difference!
  So instead of having all those bans etc, some money should be spent on repairing all these things!
  On the other hand I don't think it is bad to give some thoughts on our water spending. I heard that in the future drinking water will be like oil, rare and expensive.
  I think the idea of collecting rainwater or having a well is absolutely positive.
  Have a nice Easter!
  Take care !!!

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  Posted by anneliesje (U3003883) on Sunday, 16th April 2006

  Hi Obelixx,
  I'm like you, taking care and taking a deep sigh when my water bill comes. It is HIGH!
  I never use the hose pipe, no-one is allowed in this house to take a shower for longer than 5 minutes etc etc.
  Now mu watercompany realised they made a mistakle in my case, they give me a discount for 1 person in stead of for 5! So I actually got somemoney back last month .
  I'm living on High Hopes!
  Take care, my Easter Lamb is calling me!!!

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  Posted by silverado (U3779082) on Sunday, 16th April 2006

  Hear Hear Daz! The Americans shift water thousands of miles.Why should I let my veggies die, while the chap next door fills his swimming pool, all because the water companies forgot to put some pipes from Derbyshire to Kent?

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  Posted by auricula (U3244275) on Sunday, 16th April 2006

  Hi
  I entirely agree
  South West Water are appalling!! We pay astronomical rates,they don't fix leaks AND we rarely have 3 dry days together!!!
  I'm just off to water in my new pear trees
  

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  Posted by hi-fi- (U2535708) on Sunday, 16th April 2006

  Oh Slugger, you've done it again! There was a recent survey for the GW mag and I believe that those who recycle generally will be careful with water, those who don't think or believe they "are paying for it anyway" may not be. However, I have been careful trying to collect the water from my taps as I wait for the hot water to warm up and find I can gather over a gallon a week! and that is not grey water and I am alone and it has kept my seedlings going fine. This is a real problem - do you want to be like Singapore? I agree that the swimming pools in private homes should be careful though.
  
  Personally I want to say "thanks Monty" for the revision on how to connect up my water butt - it was my Saturday job and so I had it done in under 15 minutes! and I had to do a 40 foot extension from the pipe to the butt! Maybe the nimbies need to be careful. The water boards also need to get their acts together - hopefully this year they can, while all the pipes are dry because of lack of rain?!? hifi

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  Posted by William (U2169036) on Sunday, 16th April 2006

  Hi Slugger,
  
  "Hose pipe bans" are very rare over here in the Netherlands. And as far as I can remember they didn't come as a formal ban but as a request.
  
  Two years ago we had a very dry summer but no hose pipe ban, although during the draught in some places (salt) water had to be let in the canals in order to keep the water level up - for shipping and protecting the structural integrety of the dykes.
  
  Requests to go easy on watering gardens, washing cars et cetera has to do with the limit on the capacity of turning ground and surface water into safe drinking water.
  
  And - in addition to that reason - simply pumping upmore groundwater or surface water is no solution either. Lowering ground water level isn't only damaging to the vegetation but variations in ground water levels also can damage the old wooden foundation poles (20-30 mtr treestems knocked in the ground to reach a firm sand bed) that the houses in our old cities are build on. They rot at the point of the post with the variation in water levels.
  
  Modern buildings are build on reinforced concrete posts.
  
  Happy gardening
  
  William
  

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  Posted by hob-goblin (U3781859) on Sunday, 16th April 2006

  There's a water shortage in the south east because too many people live there.

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  Posted by bulleydog (U3097237) on Sunday, 16th April 2006

  It is also to do with the channel tunnel and cruise ships. My mother told me the other week that when they built the channel tunnel it did something to the water table. Also all the big cruise ships take on millions of gallons of water at a time which has all got to come from somewhere!

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