I only ask because we have a hosepipe ban, we`re in the grip of a drought, yet we`ve had that much rain my garage now has a pond in the middle of it. The water is getting in down one side, the side I`ve just put a full length work bench on. Typical. Well, I`ll have to scare the ducks off my new pond and see if I can dry it out a bit, then remove the work bench and cupboards to try and seal the floor/wall joint. God, I hate drought weather
Postman arrived at work yesterday in a torrential downpour, and was having to call at every house with a "how to deal with the drought" circular. Poor bloke was less than impressed.
our paper machier arrived yesterday .......didnt even know we'd ordered some ........???...... took the dog along the river yesterday in torrential rain got down to the bridge and had to keep her back in case she got swept away
I was woken up by the sound of the drought hammering against my window. It wont stop the hosepipe ban, as it's the wrong type of rain..........apparently
I checked with the GPS to make sure I was still in England and hadn't been transported to Scotland where it rains a lot.
Take it from someone who has over 20 yrs experience in distribution/sewer network analysis & management, but has only had 6 months work in the last 5 years due to water companies taking engineering services back 'in house' (ie - they don't do it, but tell OFWAT they have!), there are some very simple reasons why there are hose pipe bans and floods in the same place ! Just wish I'd saved enough cash to buy a storage tank & a jetski
call me naive Littlebert, but could you tell us please? wish i'd watched that documentary the other day because in my uneducated state, i'm tending to think it's more down to the cost of processing available 'water' that's at the heart of it.
By the time they've had a meeting to programme a date for the emergency meeting at which then can correlate a list of people who need to be included in the memo circulation list to attend the meeting at which the process can be started whereby consultants can be approved to bid for the contract to carry out a preliminary assessment of how to best study the flood water, there's no budget left to do the work and the waters all f&%ked off out to the sea! Except in the North & Wales where they set aside valleys for storage years ago .... That sound familiar?
Here`s a conspiracy theory for you, not mine, read it elsewhere. The water board have declared a drought irrespective of how much rain we`re having so they can force every household in the country to have a water meter fitted, potentially making them "a bit of a profit." Now here`s my conspiracy theory. The government have "arranged" all this rain so when they have forced the hot pasties tax through they will be able to announce a "webbed feet" tax, by then every man, woman and child in the country will be eligible to pay. I`m sure my toes looked a bit webbed this morning.................. (my smilies are there but they don`t work)
you may have something there Pierre - I heard that Boris is poised to supplement his bike hire scheme with these 'Transport along the Thames' numbers :-
Correct (IMO).....they can only make water meters mandatory, if a 'drought order' has been obtained...... AL.
I wish everyone could get meters fitted - They nearly made meters compulsory about 10 years back, but one industry calculation in bills stopped them ..... The unit cost is based on 'water produced at treatment works' .... if everyone only paid for the 'units' that went through their meter, then the water companies would have to cover the cost of the difference - ie the leakage (sorry, 'unaccounted for water' as they like it to be called!) .... So, not surprisingly, they quickly scrapped that idea! I've already had me tea, but can't rest until I have a pasty .... who put that idea in my head, you g!ts....? Can't wait 'til we all get a Boris - right now, Chris Riley might get in 'round here
RAF Waddington & Cranwell are only 3mm off the wettest April on record. And why do we need a hosepipe ban, nobody`s going to water their garden now, are they?!
I do hope the drought ends soon, even if it means it's gonna rain at least we'll be back to normal....
Just checked on the pond I now have in my garage, some bugger has dumped an old push bike frame and a shopping trolley in it :wink: The sun is out now, might get a couple of hours on my bike later :smile:, the yang to the yin of being nights to night :frown:
