Water companies privatise profits and allow the infrastructure to fail at the expense of the public. Shareholders are smiling while we pay for leaking pipes and no plan for buffering against drought in future….oh and shitty rivers and beaches.
I was wondering this the other day and came across Yorkshire Water’s [situation report](https://www.yorkshirewater.com/about-us/open-data/watsit-report/). It seems that for October, reservoir levels were only 72% of what they were last year, down to only about 40% of capacity. They also state that in some parts of Yorkshire they are even lower.
That said, how much impact on supplies would lifting bans have now? There can’t be anywhere near as much desire to use a hosepipe in late November compared to the height of a hot summer when gardens needed watering.
The uk system loses trillions of litres to waste because of leaks.
But you have to let your veg patch die, pleb.
yeah its been raining, but I would not say its been raining all that much, not for the time of year. Meanwhile there is still alot of months of rainfall to make up for.
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Even if its raining the normal amount (and im not sure it is), its not making up for what we didnt get earlier in the year,
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Of course the bigger issue is this, this is the future. This problem is not going to get better, wishing and hoping will not solve it.
How can there be global warming when we still get snow?/s
Even before clicking on the article, it seemed pretty obvious that the answer would be “because rain =/= reservoirs immediately being refilled”, and yep, pretty much.
Turns out a massive, depleted reservoir isn’t topped up right away by a bit of drizzle.
Cos the rest of the year has been dry as fuck. A few wet days here and there will not counteract 6 months of below average rainfall.
When leaky pipe water loss > rainfall collected net water is decreased.
Because it hasn’t rained enough. As the graph in the article shows the rainfall has been below average pretty much all year, even over the past couple of months.
No one has ever been fined for breaching a hosepipe ban. They may as well not exist.
I’d love the UK to go to greater lengths in encouraging rainwater harvesting for toilets…
A marginal gain, but would go far in reducing water waste and bills nationwide
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Water companies privatise profits and allow the infrastructure to fail at the expense of the public. Shareholders are smiling while we pay for leaking pipes and no plan for buffering against drought in future….oh and shitty rivers and beaches.
I was wondering this the other day and came across Yorkshire Water’s [situation report](https://www.yorkshirewater.com/about-us/open-data/watsit-report/). It seems that for October, reservoir levels were only 72% of what they were last year, down to only about 40% of capacity. They also state that in some parts of Yorkshire they are even lower.
That said, how much impact on supplies would lifting bans have now? There can’t be anywhere near as much desire to use a hosepipe in late November compared to the height of a hot summer when gardens needed watering.
The uk system loses trillions of litres to waste because of leaks.
But you have to let your veg patch die, pleb.
yeah its been raining, but I would not say its been raining all that much, not for the time of year. Meanwhile there is still alot of months of rainfall to make up for.
​
Even if its raining the normal amount (and im not sure it is), its not making up for what we didnt get earlier in the year,
​
Of course the bigger issue is this, this is the future. This problem is not going to get better, wishing and hoping will not solve it.
How can there be global warming when we still get snow?/s
Even before clicking on the article, it seemed pretty obvious that the answer would be “because rain =/= reservoirs immediately being refilled”, and yep, pretty much.
Turns out a massive, depleted reservoir isn’t topped up right away by a bit of drizzle.
Cos the rest of the year has been dry as fuck. A few wet days here and there will not counteract 6 months of below average rainfall.
When leaky pipe water loss > rainfall collected net water is decreased.
Because it hasn’t rained enough. As the graph in the article shows the rainfall has been below average pretty much all year, even over the past couple of months.
No one has ever been fined for breaching a hosepipe ban. They may as well not exist.
I’d love the UK to go to greater lengths in encouraging rainwater harvesting for toilets…
A marginal gain, but would go far in reducing water waste and bills nationwide