Water shortage

[The Lone Gunman]

What? You bother to get your vehicle washed? I just send my man down to the showroom to pick up a clean one.

What? You own a vehicle? I find it much more practical to rent one as and when I need it. Send the chap to pick up the appropriate vehicle for the day.

[MrsGoof]

What? You own a vehicle? I find it much more practical to rent one as and when I need it. Send the chap to pick up the appropriate vehicle for the day.

what, you don't have an adequate supply in your garages.

you should be beheaded

[The Lone Gunman]

what, you don't have an adequate supply in your garages.

you should be beheaded

You dont think I am going to drive my own cars do you?

[DimPrawn]

Despite its rain-soaked image, southeast England has less water available per person than parts of Sudan and the southern Mediterranean, a government body said.


Now WHY might that be I wonder......

[hyperD]

The problems in the South East have been intensified because of the high population density, relatively low number of reservoirs and geological factors such as a heavy reliance on groundwater supplies.

Country Population Area(km2) Pop.density(ppl/km2)
England 50,093,800 130,281 383
Northern Ireland 1,710,300 13,576 125
Scotland: 5,078,400 77,925 65
Wales: 2,952,500 20,732 142

Mr Smith added: "Since this industry was privatised some of the companies closed down storage reservoirs and sold off the land for housing."

More info to dispute the propaganda being fed to us:

http://www.gmb.org.uk/Templates/Inte...p?NodeID=93663


Rainfall (g/ppl/day) (usage) %
England 1,178 35 2.97 - shortage - hi density pop
Midlands 1,005 35 3.48 - no shortage - hi density pop

[privateeye]

Wonder how all those people getting/got loft conversions are going to cope if we get standpipes - most of these people had the tank in the loft removed so will have no reserve and when the water is switched off they will be stuck. A lot of people have moved to hot water on demand systems so removed the emersion heater too - bad decision. I guess us older ones remember the last drought in '76 and won't get caught this time. I think people will suffer more this time around due to these decisions.

As for washing the car and watering the garden I have a water butt and being an ex builder know how to modify the waste water system to water the garden from the waste of the bath and dishwasher - a plan b evolving

[DimPrawn]

I am going to sell water online.

[xoggoth]

A water butt? I have 5 so far, 2 on house downpipes, 1 on greenhouse, 2 spares fed by old washing machine pump. Brill. Getting obsessed with fitting water butts to everything. Missus got annoyed when she caught me fitting one to her butt last week. Pity, that catchment area would have solved our crisis and Ethiopia's too probably.

[hyperD]

A water butt? Missus got annoyed when she caught me fitting one to her butt last week. Pity, that catchment area would have solved our crisis and Ethiopia's too probably.

I think I'll start collecting my wee again. Makes the grass grow. Many years ago when contractors used to come over for beers and a smoke, instead of traipsing in mud to the house, we'd simply piss on the grass.

Cheaper than Evergreen... fantastic...

[Alf W]

What water shortage? We've got feckin' loads of it up here. Just 'cos all you greedy cockneys have wasted all yours.