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Originally Posted by specialone
In the rare times i wash my car, i never water my lawn btw ,i do my plants, why shouldnt i have the use of a hose pipe when i wanna?
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Well I sort of agree with you, you should be able to make use of a hosepipe in moderation. BUT it is treated water made fit for human consumption by means of a massive infrastructure and is imho a waste of a scarce resource. Far better to install water butts to your drainpipes for watering plants etc.
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Originally Posted by specialone
My fooking water rates have doubled in the last 10 years or so, i only shower so dont use bath, im not on a water meter.
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You should go on a meter, you could save hundreds! If you really use as little as you say, a meter is a great thing. Many water companies were installing them for free, but I'm not sure if it is still the case. Here in Welsh Water land I can have one fitted free and if I don't like it have it removed for free. However, whoever buys my house will be stuck with it.
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Originally Posted by specialone
There was a leak earlier in the year a few miles from me that was left for over a week without anything being dug up or anything.
Ofwat set the 'acceptable' leak levels way too high, there was a guy on bbc news last week defending his water company saying how they had met their leakage targets for 3 years running???
Acceptable was something stupid like so many million litres a DAY.
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Agreed. However I understand that finding leaks is not so easy, my village has a leak somewhere of 20000 litres a day, they've been looking for it for 5 years! They don't seem right fussed about it though, they found a leak (not necessarily 'the leak') two weeks ago, but no work to fix it has been done.