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The SE now running short on water.
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We've had so much rain in the last year that the dams are now more than 100% full. Did you see the amazing pictures after the floods in Wagga?
not until just now! however, i was directly caught up in the brisbane floods in 2010/11 when there were already pretty serious floods and the dams were all over capacity and had to be "vented" making the problems downstream even worse. brisbane river was 20m above its normal level, there were bull sharks and crocodiles in the CBD, and we could only make it to the airport to get out because the motorway out there is on stilts!
2 years before that i was in brisbane for christmas and i think some of the dams were down at about 20% or lower.0 -
Out,_Vile_Jelly wrote: »I never take more than 5 minutes in the shower and am puzzled as to why anyone would need longer, unless they're habitually caked in filth and need to chisel grime out of various crevices.
I think we're going to have to think a bit more carefully about this precious resource; hopefully rainwater butts will start to become the norm for garden useage. I never bother watering my lawn; grass is so resilient it's green again the next time it rains.
I am habitually caked in filth and need to chisel grime out of barious crevices. Sometimes twice a day.
I actually do not have a shower atm, so i was most of filth off with a facecloth and the sink, then soak in my own flith stew, then pour a jug of water over my self.
I deep condition my hair once or twice a week, with no heating the warmest way to do that is to stay in a hot bath for the duration, or, stay ipn the shower if i have access to one. I turn the water on and off during that time, doing other stuff like body scrubs, to keep warm and make the water go further. In a warmer house or summer i was hair, condition, get out, then get back in after a while.
Lots of people 'need' to wash really throuroughly, for those of us whose work or hobby has us in environments with animal urdure, the smell lingers in the hair, so regular hair washng is pretty unavoidable. For others it might be any number of jobs.0 -
The UK is one of the wettest places on earth
Water shortages are due to lack of storage capacity, nothing else.
Getting PP for 20 new kielder waters would be a red tape nightmare, so instead, we get hosepipe bans.0 -
The UK is one of the wettest places on earth
Water shortages are due to lack of storage capacity, nothing else.
Getting PP for 20 new kielder waters would be a red tape nightmare, so instead, we get hosepipe bans.
Water storage opand grey water reuse on a domestic scale need not be a planning nightmare, and could indeed become much like carbon nuetral power in planning now...tantamount to obligatory. Choosing our particular waste system here was done partly with the favour of the planning department in mind, setting a standard for 'green' unobtrusive incorporation into a listed building.0 -
I can.... shave legs etc and then get in shower, quick spurt to wet my body and head hair, turn shower off. Wash all over the body and hair, turn shower on...rinse all off.
Out of shower.
I can also have a bath in less than 10 minutes (including washing hair) with less water than most have in a normal shower.
There is so much waste when people keep the shower running when they are doing the things where it does not need to be kept on. Ex hubby used to have a shower every morning under the assumption it was cheaper than a bath...well it would have been if he hadn't kept it going full pelt for blooming 30 minutes while he was peeing about shaving etc. We tested it one day and put the plug in, he used twice the water I did when I had a bath.
But then I am a stingy begger and hate waste.
Gosh, I haven't worked my butt off all these years to end up with a lifestyle whereby I have to turn the water off between washing my hair etc. goodness me! that's progress in civilization? no, to me that's what poor, extremely poor people in other countries have to do. I have worked hard all my life to make my life better each year, not to make it harder and more of a struggle. I see not that 20 minutes in the shower is any sort of waste at all, I pay for my water, damn water meter and they charge a fortune in my opinion! I wouldn't go to all that trouble you go to, my hat goes off to you, but who seriously appreciates you sacrificing such a simple thing huh? the Govt.? other people? I doubt it. You shouldn't have to mess about like that to have a shower, for goodness sake, enjoy your shower! its one of the simple things we can enjoy nowadays.0 -
Out,_Vile_Jelly wrote: »I never take more than 5 minutes in the shower and am puzzled as to why anyone would need longer, unless they're habitually caked in filth and need to chisel grime out of various crevices.
I think we're going to have to think a bit more carefully about this precious resource; hopefully rainwater butts will start to become the norm for garden useage. I never bother watering my lawn; grass is so resilient it's green again the next time it rains.
As I said earlier, I shave everything in the shower (apart from legs as they get exfoliated, not to save water, to save having to shave them every 2 days) its not possible nor would it be desirable to have to try to do it in 5 minutes ... I like to enjoy my life, a leisurely shower is part of that. But, due to all I do in shower (exfoliate entire body too) it takes time - then there is the 15 minutes to moisturize body and then use my fake tan on legs etc. when I get out. Entire process takes around 45 minutes
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BUT I do live in Scotland most of the time where it always rains so plenty of water, no water meter, its part of the council tax payment so can use as much as I like and I do. In my English home there is a water meter and I begrudge it, I preferred it when it was a regular amount for all, but as there is just 2 of us, it only costs me 25 pounds a month - so I am hardly a huge consumer of water in my English home no?0
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Maybe we have to consider due to climate change etc that we need to adapt in the same way?
Climate change is an unproven artificial construct (that was initially called global warming, but after over a decade of falling temperatures, they had to think up a new name).
It is designed to transfer wealth from the poorest to the richest by means of green taxes and carbon credits.0 -
Climate change is an unproven artificial construct (that was initially called global warming, but after over a decade of falling temperatures, they had to think up a new name).
It is designed to transfer wealth from the poorest to the richest by means of green taxes and carbon credits.
Correct! You are so right.0 -
suburbanwifey wrote: »Gosh, I haven't worked my butt off all these years to end up with a lifestyle whereby I have to turn the water off between washing my hair etc. goodness me! that's progress in civilization? no, to me that's what poor, extremely poor people in other countries have to do. I have worked hard all my life to make my life better each year, not to make it harder and more of a struggle. I see not that 20 minutes in the shower is any sort of waste at all, I pay for my water, damn water meter and they charge a fortune in my opinion! I wouldn't go to all that trouble you go to, my hat goes off to you, but who seriously appreciates you sacrificing such a simple thing huh? the Govt.? other people? I doubt it. You shouldn't have to mess about like that to have a shower, for goodness sake, enjoy your shower! its one of the simple things we can enjoy nowadays.
Considering that "poor, extremely poor people in other countries" struggle to have enough (and clean) water, it is only reasonable that you shouldn't take your, fortunate, situation for granted. I hope that you are not, one day, thirsty while others are running their water (after all it is their water, they paid for it) down the drain. You should also hope, that one day, water doesn't become a commodity that is speculated upon, like your food. Then you might regret your wasteful entitlement. A commodity futures market in water supplies is a possibility increasing in likelihood. Already the World Bank and the United Nations have classified water as a human need and not a human right, justifying it as a saleable, private commodity, like food.1. The house price crash will begin.
2. There will be a dead cat bounce.
3. The second leg down will commence.
4. I will buy your house for a song.0
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