If it’s brown flush it down….. but if it's yellow it stains! Please help!!

vl2588

thescouselander wrote: »

The best thing to do is flush - every time! If you want to save water, get a dual flush toilet. Our dual flush toilet is adjustable so on small flush it only uses aout 3L or water. Job done.

Or put a brick in your cistern

A_fiend_for_life

Oh no this threads like a big t*rd - just when you think its gone it comes floating up again!

dux001

Why do we need to save water? This is one of the wettest countries in the universe!

Volcano

dux001 wrote: »

Why do we need to save water? This is one of the wettest countries in the universe!

Putting aside your bizarre last sentence..., this may help you:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7657910.stm

Milford_Cubicle

Quasar wrote: »

As for cola, apparently if you put a tooth in it, the enamel will dissolve within a few days!

http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/tooth.asp

Snopes it say False

thescouselander

Volcano wrote: »

Putting aside your bizarre last sentence..., this may help you:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7657910.stm

I dont think that comment was bazare by any means. We are in the fortunate position that water is in plentiful supply in this part of the world. Despite what people say I do not belive there is a shortage.

I think there is a mass hysteria at the moment that everything is running out - food, oil, water, the list goes on. In fact, the only reason there are water shortages in the country is through poor management of the collection and distribution of water eg leaking pipes (I doubt such leaks would be tolerated in the gas trasit system). If water is such a rare resource then why is it so cheap?

vl2588

Water is not running out, the issue is with harvesting it and cleaning it. Saving water in general does help especially in the south of the country and during a drier than average year. I agree it is partly due to poor management but the leaks are largely due to the age of the system, which the Victorians put in (doesn't apply to everywhere obviously) and have done pretty well considering the mistakes they made (e.g. storm drains joining the main sewer system). In London there are always leak fixing works going on so they are trying...

Cardew

thescouselander wrote: »

I dont think that comment was bazare by any means. We are in the fortunate position that water is in plentiful supply in this part of the world. Despite what people say I do not belive there is a shortage.

I think there is a mass hysteria at the moment that everything is running out - food, oil, water, the list goes on. In fact, the only reason there are water shortages in the country is through poor management of the collection and distribution of water eg leaking pipes (I doubt such leaks would be tolerated in the gas trasit system). If water is such a rare resource then why is it so cheap?

I believe that oxygen in this world(and possibly the Universe) is pretty plentiful as well - about 21% of the atmosphere is made up of the stuff I understand.

Yet the NHS pay an absolute fortune for bottled oxygen!!!

The problems of the water distribution netwok system in this country is indeed down to poor management of the infrastructure, as you say. However this neglect started a hundred years ago, and it wasn't until water was privatised that huge sums of our money started be spent to bring it up to date.

The Water Bill that privatised the water supply industry was a masterstroke by Maggie. It gained the Treasury huge sums of capital, and authorised the water companies to charge us customers large sums of money(with above inflation rises year on year) to put right the neglect of themselves and previous Goverments.

pmorrisjones

The reason I try to save water is because our water bills in this part of the country are the highest in the UK and we are on a water meter. I have a new house and loos are as water effiecient as possible but they still cost money to flush. I am green but I am mean!

Ken68

Something wrong tho when most of the heavily purified water is used for the loo.
Time at least that Building Regulations called for grey water systems on new builds.