[arista]

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

[Gusto Brunt]

It doesn't surprise me. There is waste everywhere.

Huge waste.

[arista]

Originally Posted by Gusto Brunt

It doesn't surprise me. There is waste everywhere.

Huge waste.

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

[arista]

[arista]

BBC Text
["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.]

[arista]

BBC TEXT
[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.]

[arista]

[arista]

BBC News Text:
[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".]

[Swan]

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.

[arista]

"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

[arista]

Labour's Starmer
needs to Force them to do every repair

[bots]

Originally Posted by arista

Labour's Starmer
needs to Force them to do every repair

the country can't afford it, and its ordinary people that would foot the bill

[Swan]

Originally Posted by arista

"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

Problem is, for every leak you fix, there's another to replace it pretty much daily. There is just no viable way to fix them all. It's never ending.

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.

[arista]

Originally Posted by Swan

Problem is, for every leak you fix, there's another to replace it pretty much daily. There is just no viable way to fix them all. It's never ending.

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.

Yes it is a massive Job
Get it started
even if we have the public paying for it.

It is not impossible to do

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Swan

Problem is, for every leak you fix, there's another to replace it pretty much daily. There is just no viable way to fix them all. It's never ending.

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.

Water company tore up a chunk of our drive (and the pavement and road) not that long ago ... they didn't seem that concerned. To be fair there was water actually seeping out the ground all down the street .

Also our driveway wasn't pretty in the first place.

[BBDodge]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

the country can't afford it, and its ordinary people that would foot the bill

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.

[arista]

Originally Posted by BBDodge

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.

Great Points
BBDodge,

[Swan]

Originally Posted by Soldier Boy

Water company tore up a chunk of our drive (and the pavement and road) not that long ago ... they didn't seem that concerned. To be fair there was water actually seeping out the ground all down the street .

Also our driveway wasn't pretty in the first place.

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.