Saving water, should we be more pro-active?

The Tory privatisation of water as a monopoly was a blank cheque for theit City friends and we customers should never vote Tory again.

Nobody else with South-East water? You don't take water for granted if you live in Kent! They have had to pay a lot of money in compensation. £1.2 million in Tunbridge Wells for the 2025 outages.

Especially after having spent many years in desert climates, I do try to be careful with water, so do get annoyed with dh for letting the tap run full blast while he’s brushing his teeth!

After the recent weeks on end with no rain, our water butts were completely empty for the first time ever. Now pretty full again, but I never take rain for granted.

We don’t have tanks nanna we have water butts. Not as big.
I use them to water our garden even when it’s raining. I reckon that the plants can have a real soaking whilst the butts are being refilled. I am definitely not totally neurotic though, I only do that when we have had a dry spell.

nanna8
We can have tanks dug in the garden to take grey water but it’s financially prohibitive to the vast majority of the population.
This won’t happen in our life time but I believe in the way off future all new properties built will encompass tanks in the garden, solar panels on every roof.
Technology has developed windows and bricks that generate electricity.
There are super yachts where the hull has been constructed out of materials that generate electricity.
But then we have the on going problem of thieving energy companies who will do their best to stop innovation. as it impedes on their profits.

Things I do to save water:

After a bath, I don't run the water away. I have a large jug, which I fill from the bath, and flush the lav with the bathwater.
I also fill the watering can and use the water from the bath for plants. A bit of soap doesn't hurt them.
I dry my laundry using a dehumidifier and use the water produced for plants.
I wash up in the sink once a day only.

I live in a block of flats. It was new and soon after we moved in everyone agreed to have a meter fixed onto the incoming water flow. It is possible to meter hot and cold water on shared supplies.
I also collect the cold water which runs before the hot arrives to water my pot plants.
33c+ today Monday 37+, schools closing in the afternoons this week,

petra

nanna8
We can have tanks dug in the garden to take grey water but it’s financially prohibitive to the vast majority of the population.
This won’t happen in our life time but I believe in the way off future all new properties built will encompass tanks in the garden, solar panels on every roof.
Technology has developed windows and bricks that generate electricity.
There are super yachts where the hull has been constructed out of materials that generate electricity.
But then we have the on going problem of thieving energy companies who will do their best to stop innovation. as it impedes on their profits.

A friend had this done in Marne la Vallee and it was paid through a government scheme.