water bills and the ban

corrag

Water companies charge households to provide a supply of water for normal domestic use i.e drinking, cooking, washing and sanitation. As that supply hasn't been affected you are getting what you pay for.

I'm probably alone on this but personally I think tap water is a bargain. Where I live our cubic metre rate is 0.9763p for 1,000 litres of water. The fact this is the wettest drought should be good news to people as there isn't any need to wash the car, or water the garden.

When there are still people in this world who have to drink from dirty puddles of water to survive should we be flushing our toilets with drinking water? Grey water would be good enough. Why aren't houses built with underground tanks in the garden to collect rain water?

We need more rain harvesting and to treat household tap water as the precious item it is.

ilikewatch

I must admit that I do agree with your sentiments to a degree - although I don't consider flouride to be a poison when it is added to the water supply as it is in this country, I do think that flouridation isn't required to the extent it once was - better toothpastes, and general awareness of dental health has made the addition of flouride less necessary than it was in the past.

I could certainly picture a time in the relatively near future when there will be serious proposals to stop flouridation of our supply's. However, if we do stop adding flouride I expect that the main groups of people to be negatively effected will be adults and children from vulnerable and deprived backgrounds, - people for whom dental hygiene isn't necessarily a day-to-day priority. Maybe this issue needs to be resolved through education and investment before we end flouridation?

Anyway, I may not wholeheartedly agree with your methods, but I certainly understand your reasoning, good luck with your crusade!

davetrousers

corrag wrote: »

Where I live our cubic metre rate is 0.9763p for 1,000 litres of water.

That would be a bargain, think you mean £0.9763 per 1,000 litres, but yes it is still pretty cheap

ilikewatch

corrag wrote: »

I'm probably alone on this but personally I think tap water is a bargain. Where I live our cubic metre rate is 0.9763p for 1,000 litres of water.

You're certainly not alone! We're in the Anglian Water region and pay about £22 per month for safe tap water, water to wash ourselves and our laundry, and for all our sewerage and storm water to be taken away - seems like an incredible bargain to me!

corrag

davetrousers wrote: »

That would be a bargain, think you mean £0.9763 per 1,000 litres, but yes it is still pretty cheap

Yeah that's what I wrote. 1 cubic metre = 1,000 litres

kaya64

ilikewatch wrote: »

I must admit that I do agree with your sentiments to a degree - although I don't consider flouride to be a poison when it is added to the water supply as it is in this country, I do think that flouridation isn't required to the extent it once was - better toothpastes, and general awareness of dental health has made the addition of flouride less necessary than it was in the past.

I could certainly picture a time in the relatively near future when there will be serious proposals to stop flouridation of our supply's. However, if we do stop adding flouride I expect that the main groups of people to be negatively effected will be adults and children from vulnerable and deprived backgrounds, - people for whom dental hygiene isn't necessarily a day-to-day priority. Maybe this issue needs to be resolved through education and investment before we end flouridation?

Anyway, I may not wholeheartedly agree with your methods, but I certainly understand your reasoning, good luck with your crusade!

But flouride doesn't stop tooth decay that is a major lie , it actually destroys the enamal on the teeth and if you read the toothpaste tube it has a warning about children swallowing the toothepaste so that warning tells me that flouride is unsafe .
Thanks anyway

kaya64

ilikewatch wrote: »

You're certainly not alone! We're in the Anglian Water region and pay about £22 per month for safe tap water, water to wash ourselves and our laundry, and for all our sewerage and storm water to be taken away - seems like an incredible bargain to me!

anglian water add flouride to the water check their website .

kaya64

http://www.naturalnews.com/029630_fluoride_teeth.html

Water Fluoridation & Tooth Decay (Caries)




www.fluoridealert.org/health/teeth/caries/fluoridation.aspx

www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtfQyOD_OjU

i just thought i would post these , at the end of the day its everyone's choice to decide what they believe , my intention is only to make people aware of the reason i feel strongly about fluouride in water .

MoneyMagic01273

corrag wrote: »

Yeah that's what I wrote. 1 cubic metre = 1,000 litres

yes - but you wrote 0.9763p ( 0.97 of a penny) - rather than £0.9763 (ie. 97.63p)

jimjames

ChiefGrasscutter wrote: »

Actually in many cases it costs more to fix a leak than the monetary cost of the water that has/is escaping from it.
This is because the price of mains water is too cheap.

On the subject of leaks it was mentioned early on in the thread about the economic level of leakage. This is very conveniently forgotten when leaks are mentioned in the media. Yes there is a large amount lost but a fair proportion of this is lost from consumer pipes and the cost to repair beyond a certain amount is more than is gained. Not to mention the disruption that would be caused by all the roadworks as a result.

Would you want your water bill to double just so the water companies can make sure than no water leaks ever?