ph5172 Posted July 7, 2018 Report Share Posted July 7, 2018 I was led to believe it wasn’t the actual quantity of water available but it was the ability to treat and put into the system that amount of water with the increased demand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbird Posted July 7, 2018 Report Share Posted July 7, 2018 (edited) 13 hours ago, Pistol p said: I’m hosing the lawn right now. What are they going to do? Send the police around? They shut our police station 6 years ago. +1 can you just imagine the police getting a call “my neighbor is washing the car & there is a hosepipe ban” they can’t be bothered to come out when your car gets stolen or house gets burgled ? Edited July 7, 2018 by blackbird Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnfromUK Posted July 7, 2018 Report Share Posted July 7, 2018 Bearing in mind we have 3 very significant water leaks coming up through the road within half a mile of here (all reported regularly) ...... which made the roads like ice rinks in the winter ...... perhaps the Water Company will eventually get around to fixing them. We got a gas leak that had been there for at least 5 years fixed last summer, so perhaps this is the year for the water leak fixes. Police will come soon enough if teh tap from which they fill their kettle runs dry! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panoma1 Posted July 7, 2018 Report Share Posted July 7, 2018 (edited) 27 minutes ago, JohnfromUK said: Bearing in mind we have 3 very significant water leaks coming up through the road within half a mile of here (all reported regularly) ...... which made the roads like ice rinks in the winter ...... perhaps the Water Company will eventually get around to fixing them. We got a gas leak that had been there for at least 5 years fixed last summer, so perhaps this is the year for the water leak fixes. Police will come soon enough if teh tap from which they fill their kettle runs dry! This is the major cause of water shortages in hot weather, nothing to do with hosepipes....Its the unrepaired leaks! I suggest we stop using hosepipes ( if neccesary?) after the water companies repair the leaks! Edited July 7, 2018 by panoma1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ph5172 Posted July 7, 2018 Report Share Posted July 7, 2018 It’s the water company who prosecute you not the Police Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaymo Posted July 7, 2018 Report Share Posted July 7, 2018 Better not be a ban here in Norfolk as the Spa needs a water change this week and I’ve just purchased one of those lovely ‘self coiling ‘ hoses which is brill ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panoma1 Posted July 7, 2018 Report Share Posted July 7, 2018 Massive 30 inch water main burst in Birmingham today! Spewing out tens of thousands of gallons of water.........Lack of maintenance? Severn Trent Water ain't sayin!.........few thousand hosepipes worth of water wasted there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnfromUK Posted July 7, 2018 Report Share Posted July 7, 2018 Just now, panoma1 said: Massive 30 inch water main burst in Birmingham today! Spewing out tens of thousands of gallons of water.........Lack of maintenance? Severn Trent Water ain't sayin!.........few thousand hosepipes worth of water wasted there! Not sure how you 'maintain' water pipes? One possibility is that the pressure has been raised to increase throughput. In many areas, lots of new houses have been built, without any increase in the capacity of the infrastructure (roads, water supply, drainage, and very probably electricity and gas). For water and gas, upping the pressure increases flow, but puts more strain on pipes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panoma1 Posted July 7, 2018 Report Share Posted July 7, 2018 Just now, JohnfromUK said: Not sure how you 'maintain' water pipes? One possibility is that the pressure has been raised to increase throughput. In many areas, lots of new houses have been built, without any increase in the capacity of the infrastructure (roads, water supply, drainage, and very probably electricity and gas). For water and gas, upping the pressure increases flow, but puts more strain on pipes. Perhaps regular inspection and where indicated replacement, could be deemed 'maintenance' The water companies are constantly criticised by the government and OFWAT for failing to repair leaks and upgrade the infrastructure........but it seems there is little attempt to enforce compliance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbo33 Posted July 7, 2018 Report Share Posted July 7, 2018 I was holidaying in Paxos, Greece, last year. Seriously hot, dry island. Most of the houses and Villas, especially the big ones, have a massive tank built under the building durning construction, called a sterna. It holds the rain water. This is then used for showers, wc, bath, wash basins and kitchen, watering the garden etc.. when it runs short, you can then draw from the Community water, which of course Is metered. We’ve just had the military move out locally. Thousands of new houses have been built on the old site. Did anyone think to build a Sterna into each house under the slab? The cost at that stage with all the facilities to hand would be, in the scheme of things, very low. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westley Posted July 7, 2018 Report Share Posted July 7, 2018 Do not forget the 'fertiliser for brains' arsonists that we seem to breed up here in the North ! Visited the trout fishery reservoir that is not too far from Belmont moor, yesterday. The water is so low that it prevents the use of the boats and has gone down by a further 20 feet in the last week ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted July 7, 2018 Report Share Posted July 7, 2018 16 hours ago, oldypigeonpopper said: hello, a few years back i heard a Thames Water spokesperson say it does not pay to repair every leak, this was around the time that the inner city London area was loosing 25% of its water supply with leaking mains, hello, i have just been back to my home town of Wantage and near my sons there has been a water leak for around 3 months, its been blue paint marked for 1 month, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveboy Posted July 7, 2018 Report Share Posted July 7, 2018 On a positive note, I haven't had to cut the lawn for weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted July 7, 2018 Report Share Posted July 7, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, panoma1 said: Perhaps regular inspection and where indicated replacement, could be deemed 'maintenance' The water companies are constantly criticised by the government and OFWAT for failing to repair leaks and upgrade the infrastructure........but it seems there is little attempt to enforce compliance! hello, Thames Water fined 20 million March 2017 for pollution of the river Thames, that money would have fixed a lot of leaks or renewed a lot of old pipes Edited July 7, 2018 by oldypigeonpopper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted July 7, 2018 Report Share Posted July 7, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, JohnfromUK said: Not sure how you 'maintain' water pipes? One possibility is that the pressure has been raised to increase throughput. In many areas, lots of new houses have been built, without any increase in the capacity of the infrastructure (roads, water supply, drainage, and very probably electricity and gas). For water and gas, upping the pressure increases flow, but puts more strain on pipes. hello, that maybe so john but most times pipes leak is the sub soil movement, or very low temperatures and pipes freezing and in the thaw leaking or very hot weather and sub soil movement, there are by laws for how deep pipes have to be put in the ground but it is not always the rule, Edited July 7, 2018 by oldypigeonpopper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panoma1 Posted July 7, 2018 Report Share Posted July 7, 2018 30 minutes ago, oldypigeonpopper said: hello, i have just been back to my home town of Wantage and near my sons there has been a water leak for around 3 months, its been blue paint marked for 1 month, My point exactly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted July 7, 2018 Report Share Posted July 7, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, panoma1 said: My point exactly! hello, it started when TWA as one of many water companies in the UK decided to get rid of most employed on the maintenance and repair of the mains systems and put out to contractors, to give you an idea, Wantage had a depot with 2 managers, 1 foreman, 3 inspectors, and 3 gangs of 2 people working, each gang with 1 inspector did a 24 hour standby call out, this covered an area 20/25 square miles, that included, leak detection, leaking pipes, tapping mains to new properties, fitting meters to private property, or farmers cattle troughs, laying new mains, Edited July 7, 2018 by oldypigeonpopper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motty Posted July 7, 2018 Report Share Posted July 7, 2018 2 hours ago, panoma1 said: Perhaps regular inspection and where indicated replacement, could be deemed 'maintenance' The water companies are constantly criticised by the government and OFWAT for failing to repair leaks and upgrade the infrastructure........but it seems there is little attempt to enforce compliance! You have no idea! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaymo Posted July 7, 2018 Report Share Posted July 7, 2018 2 hours ago, turbo33 said: I was holidaying in Paxos, Greece, last year. Seriously hot, dry island. Most of the houses and Villas, especially the big ones, have a massive tank built under the building durning construction, called a sterna. It holds the rain water. This is then used for showers, wc, bath, wash basins and kitchen, watering the garden etc.. when it runs short, you can then draw from the Community water, which of course Is metered. We’ve just had the military move out locally. Thousands of new houses have been built on the old site. Did anyone think to build a Sterna into each house under the slab? The cost at that stage with all the facilities to hand would be, in the scheme of things, very low. We had this at our place in France- many install them and it’s no big deal as septic tanks are the norm in rural areas so chucking in a rain harvesting tank is bread n butter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panoma1 Posted July 7, 2018 Report Share Posted July 7, 2018 47 minutes ago, motty said: You have no idea! OK! Then to reach such a conclusion, you must have!........please inform me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motty Posted July 7, 2018 Report Share Posted July 7, 2018 1 minute ago, panoma1 said: OK! Then to reach such a conclusion, you must have!........please inform me! Well I have worked for a water company for the last 14 years, so I know a little bit about these things. Ofwat do not just criticise, there are massive financial implications for companies that don't prevent/fix leaks. Fixing big leaks are a priority, but it is not simple. Council/highways etc can prohibit work. By the way, it is difficult to regularly inspect a water main that is underground! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow Bear Posted July 7, 2018 Report Share Posted July 7, 2018 4 minutes ago, motty said: Council/highways etc can prohibit work. and often do and not just for water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted July 7, 2018 Report Share Posted July 7, 2018 3 minutes ago, motty said: Well I have worked for a water company for the last 14 years, so I know a little bit about these things. Ofwat do not just criticise, there are massive financial implications for companies that don't prevent/fix leaks. Fixing big leaks are a priority, but it is not simple. Council/highways etc can prohibit work. By the way, it is difficult to regularly inspect a water main that is underground! hello, i understand what your saying motty, i worked on TWA for many years before it was contracted as i mentioned Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougy Posted July 7, 2018 Report Share Posted July 7, 2018 If anybody wants to share my bath water their more than welcome. Just trying to do my bit for the country. ? Sorry can't deliver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky Shot 1958 Posted July 7, 2018 Report Share Posted July 7, 2018 While they continue to water Wimbledon I will continue to water my lawn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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