Hosepipe Ban

Taken by Tony Parkin from London, here’s a picture of a water main releasing some pressure next to Vauxhall tube station. Got any photos for us?

I’ve just been reading that 20% of clean water that enters your house goes down the toilet. Then I read this figure could in fact be up to 50%. Wow! That’s a lot of precious water going to waste. So what can we do about it? I know there are these devices that you add to the cistern that reduce...

Yesterday Ofwat published leakage data covering the year 2005/06. They state that leakage in England and Wales fell by 20 million litres per day during that period. “Most of the 22 companies met or performed better than the target set for 2005-06 by the water industry regulator.” they said. However,...

Taken by David Bench in Birmingham, in the grounds of St. Phillips Cathedral. Got any photos for us?

I don’t suppose I need to tell you it’s hot? Several temperature records are set to be broken any time soon and apparently there’s more to come. As the school holidays are just around the corner I wondered what sort of water based ideas for cooling off people were coming up with. Obviously...

I don’t like to complain about the lovely weather we’re having at the moment but it’s obviously not going to help lift hosepipe bans or stop impending drought orders. The whole problem continues to get massive press coverage and this website is getting lots of visitors. As a result...

The Consumer Council for Water says that during the last financial year they received 12359 complaints about water companies which was an increase of 11% on the previous year. United Utilities and Severn Trent Water saw the biggest rises and the Council said trust in the companies was “getting...

Following on from a post I did earlier this week about Ofwat and Thames Water, the water regulator has in my opinion come up with a much better solution than fining them – especially as everyone guessed the fine would be a paltry £10 million. What they have in fact done is come to a legally binding...

“The problem will not go away, Londoners are going to have to reduce the amount of water they use by one-third” said Ken Livingstone as he endorsed a garden at the Hamptom Court Palace flower show specially designed to live off little water. Good idea Ken, so how’s about you find the...

Drilling companies are working around the clock to keep up with demand for boreholes as drought-affected people look for ways to capitalise on the resources beneath their own feet. The cost of a borehole depends how deep the drillers have to go, but as a rough guide they cost between £5000 and £25000,...