Fairly lazy trope that, every litre you use is litre lost to the middle of the river systems from which your water is sourced PLUS leakage. Also the water companies bought networks that had effort all spent on them since the Victorian era, one of the pushes in to private ownership was the inability of government to fund renewals whereas they could set investment targets for the water cos as part of the licence to operate. They’re far from perfect but have replaced more pipework in the last 20 years than public ownership managed in a hundred. But you carry on.
Water is one of the most basic human needs. Many nations and traditions, in fact, consider water a human right. If water rights are handed over to entities whose declared purpose is to maximise profits rather than to serve the public good, hundreds of millions —
perhaps billions — of people will be elbowed out of their access to water. Multinational corporations are quick to argue that market forces would bring more efficiency to water systems. But the bottom line is that water resources — by their very public nature — require
public oversight to ensure that people, not profits, come first and if there are profits it should go into the public purse not share holders just like in Scotland and Wales.
But I could be wrong.
And sunny Devon isnt today. The beach is on the prom chucking it down with rain and blowing a hooley. Folk Week starts next Friday if the marquees are still up. Time to get in touch with my inner Morris dancer.
Rain might now be stopping before 1800, fingers crossed, I want/need a reasonably dry outdoor ride fix!
Utterly poured down this morning. The wind then also picked up to leave me feeling absolutely freezing on my bike, need to put on weight... Reasonably nice out again now, much cooler though.
I wasn't arguing that private ownership was better per se, just that using the "there are leaks on the network therefore I don't have to give a shit" argument is a load of toss and a pathetically thin excuse for abrogation of the responsibility to use water sensibly.
Moist all day here on the eastern edge of the Sarf Downs. Went body boarding for the first time in 18 months, in a howling gale. Now shattered and listening to the rain bounce off the conservatory
I’ve been saving some trees in my garden in the past week with my hosepipe as they were shedding leaves like me crazy, so today’s first proper rain has been hugely welcome. Fortunately loads of sport in TV.
Biblical rain here in Sweden, made for the most fun day in the bike park this summer. Suberb grip for a while as the dust had turned back to dirt, then the trails became rivers and it was just damn funny!
