Mentions a huge pipeline to supply the South East.
Fuck that.
Let them drink Evian in their expensive houses.
Fuck that.
Let them drink Evian in their expensive houses.
Water shortages in England within 25 years
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We need to choke that supply line.
"Thirsty are you ? While we are both taking the piss, let's have a little chat about Northern Rail and Pacer trains..."
B
becs
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We should just chant at them "You've got HS2 but we've got H2O"
And meanwhile, the sea level is rising.
I'm no chemist, but I think I see a solution here...
I'm no chemist, but I think I see a solution here...
Put a dyslexic in charge of the project and give them H2S instead.
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Hatred against who?
The South Eastern palate will have to change, so they get used to having more salt with their water.
That's how evolution works.
MackneyHackem
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This is all because the EA has prevented the water companies in the south from building new reservoirs.
There is plenty of water except in dry summers so we need storage. Instead EA are advocating smart metering and desalination. It’s crazy.
There is plenty of water except in dry summers so we need storage. Instead EA are advocating smart metering and desalination. It’s crazy.
pillars of hercules
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No its because the UK government ploughs most of the infrastructure investment into the southeast, encouraging the population levels to rise out of control. Their water infrastructure is the oldest in the world and people use water like it's an infinite resource (it is but not down there). If an area can not sustain a population they should spread out a bit.
What do you think will happen in an area already stressed by water shortages when they divert water away from natural water courses?
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mcq10
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So more resources from the north being used to prosper the south?
Like a modern day industrial revolution
The issue itself is in the article. They haven’t built enough reservoirs or cut out the leakage enough.
Plenty of profit going to Thames water mind you.
pillars of hercules
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I think we should have a national grid but would rather have people and resources move away from the southeast. Reservoirs are not the answer. They would create additional environmental stresses on the land and make matters worse.So more resources from the north being used to prosper the south?
Like a modern day industrial revolution
The issue itself is in the article. They haven’t built enough reservoirs or cut out the leakage enough.
Plenty of profit going to Thames water mind you.
Fair point about encouraging people to live in the south east. But those natural water courses are the same ones that flood when we have storms. Reservoirs would retain that water to be used at a later date when it’s dry.
Unlike gas and electricity, water is heavy and it is very expensive to move it around using pumps; pumps that use electricity and so create their own environmental issues.
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ivanthereasonable
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You'd think in this day and age, that we'd just purify enough of it to satisfy major industry. Should leave enough of the proper stuff for domestic use.
Not bothered too much. I'll be dead by then.
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pillars of hercules
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A lot of the water courses flood because of the hard surface run off due to urban development and a lack of vegetation. I get what you mean about the volume of the water to be moved and the problems it causes (my brother is in charge of a lot of Northumbria Water's pipe networks) but a lot of this can be done through gravity since most of the north is at a higher elevation than the south.
Spain manage to grow massive amounts of fruits by storage of water on farms. The big growers have their own reservoirs to grow through their seasons. We need to do that too for domestic use.
We have just sunk a bore hole for our water at the land we own to give us a constant flow. 5000 ltr tank and piped all over. Expensive but no water meter when we are using 500 litres per day
You mean the water flows downhill from north to south ? It’s easier for it to flow West to east. Severn Trent have plans to provide water to Anglian and Welsh have plans to provide water to Thames.
pillars of hercules
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In a manner of speaking yes, except the hills still go up and down. A grid wouldn't necessarily have to be a pipeline going directly from Kielder to London. We already have grid in the Northeast which believe it or not sends water from east to west into Cumbria and we have different pipelines for hard and soft water. Connecting this with Yorkshire water for example wouldn't be difficult. Its the fact that they are separate commercial entities causes the problem.
