Tuesday, 1 May 2012

Drought Continues


It is now drouting heavily in southern England so a hosepipe ban has been introduced. The pic was taken in Essex. 

May I make a polite suggestion to the towering intellects who manage our super-duper privatised water companies, who are no doubt too busy counting their bonuses and pay rises to worry about the water supply, and who recently closed a London reservoir because it was ‘uneconomic’.

Dig some reservoirs and repair your leaking pipes you useless, incompetent, overpaid corporate tossers!
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16 comments:

  1. The Dark Templar1 May 2012 at 10:10

    Great post, made me smile, and couldn't agree with you more – the rain has been "too little too late" I believe is the official response.

    The whole situation is a complete joke, recurring a little too often to be funny, especially when they keep putting their prices up.

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    1. BigLee1 May 2012 at 10:19

      20 years ago - while I was doing my degree - I was looking into the potential impact of privatising the water industry. One of the warnings issued by groups opposed to privatisation was that it would lead to a lack of strategic investment. The suggestion was roundly ridiculed by the the Government and the Press at the time... Guess who was right all along.

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    2. lrqan1 May 2012 at 10:21

      Spot on Lee!

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    3. Anonymous1 May 2012 at 13:31

      Privatisation of water will be society's tipping point towards dystopian apocalypse.

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  2. Broeders1 May 2012 at 15:13

    Top post! Apparently 25% of water going through the UK's pipes is lost to leakage. What have the water companies done about it? Not a lot. Rather than drive down the cost of water, privatisation has created a price-fixing cartel that is milking the consumer. Bring back nationalised water and power!

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  3. Broeders1 May 2012 at 16:25

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17622837

    Click the link to see how much your local water company allows to leak each year.

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  4. Alan M1 May 2012 at 18:40

    Luckily we have some nice big reservoirs up here, which still seem to be quite full

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derwent_Reservoir_(Derbyshire)

    There was quite a good article on the bbc today about how much more rain we will need to get out of drought conditions. Better buy some wellies...

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17875456

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  5. Ray Rousell1 May 2012 at 19:29

    hehe! I couldn't agree more!!!!!

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  6. John Lambshead2 May 2012 at 11:05

    Dear DT
    It's probably the wrong sort of rain.
    J

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  7. John Lambshead2 May 2012 at 11:06

    Dear Lee
    I reember when they sold my commuter railway to a French sewage company...
    J

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  8. John Lambshead2 May 2012 at 11:07

    Dear Phil
    Be fair, there aremore important uses for the money: corporate management bonuses, backhanders to politicians etc.
    J

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  9. John Lambshead2 May 2012 at 11:08

    Dear EG
    At some point we are going to have to accept that below average rainfall happenens 50% of the time, and fix the problem.
    J

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  10. John Lambshead2 May 2012 at 11:08

    Dear Ray
    It's enough to make a cat puke.
    J.

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  11. Shaun3 May 2012 at 11:30

    Hi John
    Just out of interest and merely with a sense of fun just how "uneconomic" can a large hole in the ground full of water be? I take it they wern't taking it out by the bucket load and driving it round to their customers houses?

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  12. John Lambshead3 May 2012 at 13:38

    Dear Shaun
    I believe the land was more valuable as building land. Of course, on that basis one should concrete over all of Southern England.
    J

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