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[DimPrawn]

If Oxfam can supply a whole village with clean water for £5 a month, why am I paying £300 to Thames Water?

[northernladuk]

Hmmm.. Crap question. Ask another...

[DodgyAgent]

Hmmm.. Crap question. Ask another...

Because they also take away his s**t which is no mean task

[Mich the Tester]

If Oxfam can supply a whole village with clean water for £5 a month, why am I paying £300 to Thames Water?

Oxfam are probably providing water with groundwater wells. It might comply with World Health Organisation standards, but that doesn't mean it complies with the same standards Thames water apply, which may be much stricter, and might include flouridation. Plus, a groundwater well in some village of a few hundred people in Africa takes water from an underground aquifer which has been filtered naturally by the rocks above it and so needs no more treatment than a simple, cheap filter on the tap; the water from the Thames has probably been through the guts of several Londoners including Sasguru and other scary creatures, is more polluted before it's sold to you and requires a huge infrastructure to get clean water to you, some factories and Sasguru's eco-shed where right now, he's busy refilling the Ty-Nant bottles for his local gastropub where DodgyAgent sells them at extortionate prices, served up by silver service waiters called Bob. Add to that an ageing infrastructure and a large collection of middle managers and you have a recipe for expensive water.

Sorry for any unnecessary offence caused to the people of London but I can't just post an entirely serious answer on CUK general.

[Diver]

Oxfam are probably providing water with groundwater wells. It might comply with World Health Organisation standards, but that doesn't mean it complies with the same standards Thames water apply, which may be much stricter, and might include flouridation. Plus, a groundwater well in some village of a few hundred people in Africa takes water from an underground aquifer which has been filtered naturally by the rocks above it and so needs no more treatment than a simple, cheap filter on the tap; the water from the Thames has probably been through the guts of several Londoners including Sasguru and other scary creatures, is more polluted before it's sold to you and requires a huge infrastructure to get clean water to you, some factories and Sasguru's eco-shed where right now, he's busy refilling the Ty-Nant bottles for his local gastropub where DodgyAgent sells them at extortionate prices, served up by silver service waiters called Bob. Add to that an ageing infrastructure and a large collection of middle managers and you have a recipe for expensive water.

Sorry for any unnecessary offence caused to the people of London but I can't just post an entirely serious answer on CUK general.

WHS

Except for the apology to the people of London

Well! They are English you know Sheesh!

[doomage]

; the water from the Thames has probably been through the guts of several Londoners including Sasguru and other scary creatures, is more polluted before it's sold to you and requires a huge infrastructure to get clean water to you, some factories and Sasguru's eco-shed where right now, he's busy refilling the Ty-Nant bottles for his local gastropub where DodgyAgent sells them at extortionate prices, served up by silver service waiters called Bob. Add to that an ageing infrastructure and a large collection of middle managers and you have a recipe for expensive water.

As they say, either get a filter, or be a filter.

[d000hg]

It costs £300pcm for water down south?

[Bunk]

"Here's a question for you?" isn't a question

[BrilloPad]

WHS

Except for the apology to the people of London

Well! They are English you know Sheesh!

Very few English left in London. Which makes it a far better place.

Except I hear that are letting in some Welsh next Wednesday night. I hope its only one night and not a sign of things to come.

[moggy]

You can get it for £0 a year if you want.

Quick trip to the thames balance the bucket on your head and a 15 mile walk back to your house. Or....