Comment on Water companies in England and Wales explore ‘surge pricing’ during drought
Denjin@feddit.uk 2 days agoFirst linked site recommends a filter to grab hair and any solid bits of dirt or soap etc. I plan on adding an irrigation system for the future in my garden (mostly fruiting plants in the summer and brassicas over winter) that would be fed first from bath water, then water butts, then tap depending on what’s available.
Given how likely it seems that we’ll see significant shortages of water within the next few years, rainwater storage seems like a decent idea to me, £3000 for 5000 litres doesn’t make sense in pure financial terms but if it means that or not having any water at all, it seems like a pretty small price to pay.
HerbGrower@slrpnk.net 2 days ago
Shortages to the point of restrictions though surely, rather than having no water left at all. Where I live hasn’t even had hosepipe bans yet, and we are getting a new reservoir soon.
If I was planning for no water at all I would look at getting a hand pumped RO filter for filtering sea water. I could distill it but that takes far more energy. Have wondered about the RO filter anyway for cooking by the beach but there are usually public taps close enough. Would allow going to more remote parts of the beach though.
Denjin@feddit.uk 2 days ago
We’ve had one of the top 10 wettest winters on record and reservoirs in my region are down to about 50%, and there’s no new reservoir construction or expansion even in the planning phase.
I don’t think it’s a huge leap to think about the possibility of reservoirs running dry if we have a couple more dry summers and follow that with even an average winter supplies could be dangerously low.
HerbGrower@slrpnk.net 2 days ago
Suppose it also depends on how much water do you want if it was to run out. If you can afford it then continue as normal with a few £1000 spent on a tank could be OK.
Worst case is enough to drink and wash your hands, and pretty sure they would be distributing water you can collect if it was to get that low.