South of England losing water

**hyperD** · 19 May 2006, 08:19

Ah, but wrong type of rain you see. This rain doesn't do anything for the shareholder returns. The sort of rain they're looking for is the stuff that's found in Thailand during the monsoons: the one that covers up the leaking infrastructure.

**privateeye** · 19 May 2006, 08:22

We got loads of water

**Dalek Supreme** · 19 May 2006, 13:17

The man on the lunchtime news from Thames Water said they were going to build a new reservoir next year. Strange really after closing down and selling off seven last year.

**Swamp Thing** · 19 May 2006, 13:31

Originally posted by Dalek Supreme

The man on the lunchtime news from Thames Water said they were going to build a new reservoir next year. Strange really after closing down and selling off seven last year.

ITV news the other night had a counter running during the bulletin on water. It reckoned 1.5mn litres lost in 3 minutes. As it’s Friday and things are slow again, I have done a little calculation. I reckon if Bough Beech reservoir was leaking at the rate shown on the bulletin, it would be dry in 213 days (but assumes it’s reasonably full to begin with).

**scotspine** · 19 May 2006, 13:38

shame you couldn't have some of ours. we're up to our necks in the stuff and it'd flow quite easily to your locations which as we all know, are downhill

**Gold Dalek** · 19 May 2006, 17:18

Originally posted by scotspine

shame you couldn't have some of ours. we're up to our necks in the stuff and it'd flow quite easily to your locations which as we all know, are downhill

The plan that always comes to nought is to use the canal system to bring the water down from up North to here... then you lot could piss in it on its way down as a means of extracting revenge

**stackpole** · 19 May 2006, 17:37

Originally posted by Gold Dalek

The plan that always comes to nought is to use the canal system to bring the water down from up North to here

Is it downhill all the way? Otherwise it won't work, will it?

**TheMonkey** · 19 May 2006, 17:54

Originally posted by stackpole

Is it downhill all the way? Otherwise it won't work, will it?

All the piss will stay around Milton Keynes or Bedford where it belongs.

**hyperD** · 19 May 2006, 18:25

Well, it would be great if the water runs out and the press get hold of the number of reservoirs and potential water volume that they sold off for housing over the last ten years vs shareholder payouts, it would make interesting times...

even teflon bliar's incompetent administration could hide behind that news...

South of England losing water