How are people conserving water?

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My Mum has started recycling water by using the washing up water on the flowers & plants.
Water butts are selling fast in the South East & London and rain looks a long way off. But the main reason the South has less water is mainly due to the large amount of new houses being built, about 5 miles from my parents they have just built over 3 thousand new homes with another possible 2 thousand on the way!!
 
We've got one of those toilet things that you stick in the tank to use less water - they should do what the Aussies do and have 2 buttons on it for different flush powers!
 
I'm not

I live on my own and get ripped off as it is. Thing is they know i'm paying too much. Going on a meter soon, even that is upto my landlord if he refuses a meter on his property then i'm gonna reduce my direct debit payments myself

Ive had enuff
 
feckit said:
But the main reason the South has less water is mainly due to the large amount of new houses being built
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and dont be forgetting that Buncefield petrol depot disaster

some twat there probably decided to do something malicious or light up a cigarette!!!
and its because of that twat that we have this drought order
it certainly did not help our cause!

can u imagine the size of that fire?
and imagine how many litres of water they used on that fire
it took DAYS and DAYS to get it out!

but now we will never find the culprit
i will always beleive that there was someone somwhere in the wrong no matter what!


I am definetly very frustrated about this
its so bloddy hard using a watering can in the garden
and wtf wants to wash their car with only a bucket of water!

be warned my friends stock up on big bottles on water
while stocks last we could be heading for a total shut down in the near future


*******arghhhhhhhhhh HUMBUG!!!*****
 
well i havent had a shower in 3 days and dont wash my car with the hose (that ofen) any more...

I still think its up to the water companies to sort out leaks and fix infrastructres first before fining people who want to keep their pride and joy (cars...) clean.
 
five hundred thousand litres...

Thats enough for like... ever! No wonder theres a drought! He filled his tank up!
 
christopherpostill said:
five hundred thousand litres...

Thats enough for like... ever! No wonder theres a drought! He filled his tank up!
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Not when you have to water your crops it's not:(
I have my water on a meter so i get charged to fill it, but it's used as a reserve just in case we run out.
 
What drought

Just had a torrential downpour with Thunder and Lightening...we have had plenty of rain lately...desperation stakes have not hit yet so am using water as usual :)
 
Rush said:
Just had a torrential downpour with Thunder and Lightening...we have had plenty of rain lately...desperation stakes have not hit yet so am using water as usual :)
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I wish there was a downpour here! Its graduation on Tuesday and its going to be hot and stuffy anyway, so I'm deading a 30C day!

On the upside, a load of washing that was put out this morning is now 100% dry after a few hours on the rack :D
 
Yay! It worked - its gone from lovely weather to pouring down with some amazing lightening - that should clear the air a bit :D
 
What drought

was gonna tell you its heading yourway Ian..but turned off PC coz it was really bad...still got it now so expect it to last you a good couple of hours m8 ...Mucks should get it about 8pm in Southport at this rate. Oh yeh and TD he`s in the North West too :)
 
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I've not seen rain like this in a LONG time :eek: Brilliant :D
 
Rain

Whats rain?
Temps for the rest of the week are in the low 30's (Very Hot):(
Seems it rains Up North but dies out as it comes South:mad:

PC running very hot, got 52 mins on a unit then it's going off :(
Have a fan in the room to lower the temp but still very hot!
 
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Pic was taken about an hour ago :)
 

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Hot weather

Aye, bloody tough us southerners, aye we can go weeks with nowt rain we can. Aye railway lines buckle, tarmac melts, hose pipe bans, aye it's tough down south, but we can cope cos we is ard.

Well after my little rant there sorry if i offend anyone, to be honest i'm peed off with the hot weather, bloody thames water seem to loose nearly a million litres of water a day through bursts!

Why do the rails buckle & tarmac melts, does this happen in Asia or in Aussie, no it bloody does not!

Hose pipe bans, we should conserve water better, have underground reservoirs & stop the bloody leaks you complete and utter bar-stewards, i would love some rain or even go back to slighly less heat. Sleeping at night is a nightmare so hot and sticky. The grass has turned brown.

Sorry for my rant, now sitting here with a bowl of carmel ice cream, to hell with my diet:D
 
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