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01-08-2022, 06:53 AM | #1 | |||
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Yes it Cost Billions
to change the Victorian Pipes But they must be changed All water private companies are letting the leaks not get fixed. This Stinks. In the Papers today Debated on all media. [England’s water companies are leaking up to a quarter of their supply a day as the country faces a drought next month, an analysis by The Times has found. The country’s nine water companies are leaking almost 2.4 billion litres of water every day while paying their chief executives large bonuses. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/w...-day-hjh7db5l5 Last edited by arista; 01-08-2022 at 06:56 AM. |
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01-08-2022, 09:00 AM | #2 | |||
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It doesn't surprise me. There is waste everywhere.
Huge waste. |
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01-08-2022, 11:09 AM | #3 | |||
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Yes they claim it costs too much money to fix the leaks in the roads and other zones so they leave them leaking water into the ground. That must end Take a Poxy Loan out and fix the leaks Digging up the old Victorian pipes, leaking every second and putting in Strong Plastic Blue pipes Last edited by arista; 01-08-2022 at 11:12 AM. |
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06-08-2022, 02:05 AM | #4 | |||
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15-08-2022, 12:02 AM | #5 | |||
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["You filthy suds" is the eyecatching headline for the Daily Star as it reports that experts have said people can help ease England's drought by not cleaning their windows and by flushing their loos less often. The paper also notes that, despite the situation, "fatcat water firms" have paid out £3bn to investors.] |
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15-08-2022, 12:07 AM | #6 | |||
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[The paper says that three days of thunderous downpours are now forecast after weeks of "tinder-dry weather", but adds that that could mean flash floods are on the way.] |
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15-08-2022, 03:29 AM | #7 | |||
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23-06-2023, 10:10 AM | #8 | |||
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[Comments by the boss of Thames Water, saying losses of 630m litres of water per day are due to "a hot summer and wet winter".] |
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23-06-2023, 11:35 AM | #9 | |||
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I worked for Southern Water for about a year when i was 18 fitting water meters in the ground (i hated it, you were required to fit 5 a day, but some were 25 miles a part, we would start the day at 6:30am driving to the yard, loading/offloading etc, then get home at 7pm, in was relentless. The boss didn't like our gang leader, so he gave us all the sh!t stuff). And i remember leaks were a non stop thing. It would take something like the employment of half the population, digging half the roads 24/7 to fix them all. It's an impossible task basically.
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23-06-2023, 11:57 AM | #10 | |||
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"And i remember leaks were a non stop thing."
Yes, but all the leaks can be stopped. It will cost Billions but pay it out |
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23-06-2023, 11:58 AM | #11 | |||
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Labour's Starmer
needs to Force them to do every repair |
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23-06-2023, 12:21 PM | #12 | |||
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23-06-2023, 01:21 PM | #13 | |||
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It's not just that either, we would have to leave some leaks as the dig would require specialist professionals. For example, a couple had just had their drive done, the source of the leak was underneath but it was bricked and patterned. Not something you can just whack the jack hammer on.
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23-06-2023, 01:30 PM | #14 | |||
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Yes it is a massive Job Get it started even if we have the public paying for it. It is not impossible to do |
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23-06-2023, 02:57 PM | #15 | |||
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Also our driveway wasn't pretty in the first place. |
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23-06-2023, 03:13 PM | #16 | |||
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We could afford it if we had the right priorities. Water company shareholders have taken £72 billion out of the system since privatisation. The government should force those companies to clean up their mess and their leaks. Cut their profits to pay for it.
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23-06-2023, 03:41 PM | #17 | |||
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Great Points BBDodge, |
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23-06-2023, 04:25 PM | #18 | |||
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They would need your permission when i worked for Southern Water, and in at least 50% of cases you'd be financially compensated (not a lot, i cant remember how it worked, but you'd get a check). It may have change now though.
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