Water Bills

They are going to be increased by around 20 pounds per year ,
Southern water and South West Water are most affected .. Welsh Water has one of the lowest rates around and Thames water may not be affected at all ..

 

When the rainfall levels are low, the reservoir volumes reduce (natural product - natural cycle) the Water companies get challenged to cut the leakage levels in their pipelines.
Guess who pays for it!
I guess Welsh Water has the lowest rate because they have less to worry about with leaks - they get enough rain to keep the Reservoirs filled.
Thames Water (I speculate here) supply the Capital - ergo it's good policy to maintain good procedures - Big Brother is affected and WILL watch!

 

The water rates are, in my opinion, quite reasonable for what we get. After all, its not just a seemingly unlimited amount of safe drinking water on tap (literally) in our homes, but the water companies are also responsible for taking away our waste water and sewage, along with the network of drains.

I used to think it was a rip off that we get charged so much for water, given that we live in a country that doesn't exactly go short of rain, but then when you consider someone has to look after the reservoirs, clean the water, pump it, maintain the massive network of pipes, then sort out the drainage and sewage too, its quite a lot of service for our money really.

I heard (or read) something a few years ago about the nation's water demand. Apparently in the 1960s people had 'bath night' where households would typically designate one day per week to have a bath, and apparently often the entire household would take turns, in the same water. To some extent it was still like this during my childhood (we had bath night, but us kids got separate water from my parents). Nowadays bath night is every night and everyone gets fresh water. Add to that the fact that the UK population has grown considerably in recent decades, and its easy to see how our sudden increase in demand for water may have caught the water companies off guard, and how while once they had no reason to care about a few leaky pipes, now they have to try to save every drop. There'd be public outrage if more of the countryside was churned up flooded for more reservoirs, and there'd also be public outrage if our water was forcibly rationed. I think the water companies have so far done a good job of avoiding the need for drastic action, and if they have to charge us all an extra £20 a year so that we can keep our unlimited supply of fresh water, I wont begrudge them that.

 

Yes bath night was true lived it, in the 50's up to 1962 it then went from family bath night sharing the used water to a bath of your own once a week wether you needed it or not
Office workers (male) had double two shirts, where you could turn the collar and cuffs, and get two days out of the bri nylon, or cotton shirts with seperate collars, where you could get a week out of one shirt having just severl collars to wash :-)
Then they invented OLD SPICE After shave,
In those days we had a nation of 54 million people now it is 68 million, who shower morning and night, plus during the day if at the gym or dinner time run. drink Naive bottled water sorry EVIAN bottled water AND the washing machine, dishwasher , car jet wash run daily

Save water BATH with a friend :-)

Jack McH

 

and here is another good reason to live in Wales !!!:yess:

 

Duly noted!!!! :D

Val

 

Dwr:DOH:

 

lol Diawn Ziggy

wnaethoch chi ei wneud eich gwaith cartref?

 

I agree
Spruce