Mixer taps - really wasteful?

silverwhistle

michaels said:

In the past when the population increased we built more reservoirs, now we just tell people they need to use less water each.  I would be willing to pay the extra cost to use as much water as I needed.

Except that here in the south east the water to go in reservoirs is often abstracted from the natural environment causing environmental issues. Just building reservoirs is not the answer. Population pressures, usage per head and wastage are all issues as are attitudes such as yours. I'd place more blame on Southern Water though!

michaels

silverwhistle said:

michaels said:

In the past when the population increased we built more reservoirs, now we just tell people they need to use less water each.  I would be willing to pay the extra cost to use as much water as I needed.

Except that here in the south east the water to go in reservoirs is often abstracted from the natural environment causing environmental issues. Just building reservoirs is not the answer. Population pressures, usage per head and wastage are all issues as are attitudes such as yours. I'd place more blame on Southern Water though!

So to some extent water storage is going to even out flow between the seasons but there is no reason the abstraction and return of used water has to reduce the overall flow.  The environment in the SE is so far from 'natural' not human affected state that it is impossible to even guess what the countryside would look like without our impact - possibly forested?  There doe snot seem to be any political appetite to abate the population pressures and using less water each is not exactly hygienic or good for infection control.