I have been catching up on my DIY over the weekend, working in the kitchen. Consequently no water at breakfast, so had to fill the kettle for tea and then wash the pots up after in the bathroom.
Saved quite a lot of water with being under "camp" conditions and I wondered if I was living in a newer house with a water meter, would I be more careful anyway?
Worse still, I thought of all those people in Africa and similar places who will have to fetch their water over Christmas from the nearest standpipe. We are very lucky, but often don't appreciate it.
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Warming the Bed
we recently moved into a flat that is on a water meter....and we have dramatically reduced our water useage....the toilet is flushed maybe twice a day,unless it's a no 2.....we never have baths...only showers.....after the dishes are washed the water then goes down the toilet..very little water is we moved in the water board wanted £30 a month., going by what the ppl before us used...we've got it down to £20 a month....a tenner doesn't sound much ..but it's still £120 a year ...about what we would spend on xmas food shopping.. never ever thought about how much water we used till we moved in here and it had a meter ...
Ihave to agree.... Saving water is good.
A few little points though if I may lol... At work we had a contract for Elec.. and sorted a good price.. then same company pushed hard for us to reduce our usage on the basis of being green.. Well we reduced we bought tons of saving gadgets crap dull lighbulbs switched off everything possible and almost feckin froze we saved everywhere we could and as a result.. they put the feckin price up!! We pay more now for less.. simple as! They all work to a profit no matter what you use they adjust accordingly!!
Same with your water... Just remember who told you first lol...
Yes I feel for those who have none.. but me saving isn't going to make a difference eh!
Water companies waste more than you will ever save anyway!!
Thats it.. I'm off lol...
Mike x
A few little points though if I may lol... At work we had a contract for Elec.. and sorted a good price.. then same company pushed hard for us to reduce our usage on the basis of being green.. Well we reduced we bought tons of saving gadgets crap dull lighbulbs switched off everything possible and almost feckin froze we saved everywhere we could and as a result.. they put the feckin price up!! We pay more now for less.. simple as! They all work to a profit no matter what you use they adjust accordingly!!
Same with your water... Just remember who told you first lol...
Yes I feel for those who have none.. but me saving isn't going to make a difference eh!
Water companies waste more than you will ever save anyway!!
Thats it.. I'm off lol...
Mike x
Sex God
i use to work for the council n when i was sent round a house to do a job... it was during the water shortage when we was told to put a brick in our systems,,lol
this family was doing their washing in a bath..n the water was running for 2 hours solid.....
so why should we try to save it ?
when from abroad they waste it????
merry xmas
this is mr
this family was doing their washing in a bath..n the water was running for 2 hours solid.....
so why should we try to save it ?
when from abroad they waste it????
merry xmas
this is mr
i agree also that far too much water is wasted, we have no choice but to have a bath as we have no shower, however, 9 times outta ten, hell and i use the same water in the bath, if neither of us are that dirty, i think if all homes had a water meter, then alot less would be used, however, i then think they would put the price up anyway, as they will still need to make the money, so will end up being a no win situation
Sex God
I have a meter and I'm really careful - turning the tap off while the toothbrush is in my mouth and putting it on to swish the brush etc.
But changing your supplier (usually by moving house) has a far bigger difference. I moved from Severn Trent to South Staffs and it is half the price and not poisoned with excess Chlorine.
I hate the fact that I pay to have rain water removed from my roof and then pour perfectly good drinking water down the toilet. I would love to use rainwater for that. Does anyone have any experience of rainwater collection systems?
But changing your supplier (usually by moving house) has a far bigger difference. I moved from Severn Trent to South Staffs and it is half the price and not poisoned with excess Chlorine.
I hate the fact that I pay to have rain water removed from my roof and then pour perfectly good drinking water down the toilet. I would love to use rainwater for that. Does anyone have any experience of rainwater collection systems?
Sex God
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That is so true Plimmy my man. I've been trying to get people to share my bath for ages with no luck
well I did offer
