Water Changes Could Soon Be Out Of The Question...

[timmystood]

Look at this

 

[bUcky]

too bad your not in florida, my mums in england, but we have enought freshwater here for everyone. i doubt you need to stop changing your water but maybe stop watering your lawns, washing your cars, and stuff like that. its probably not a big deal, cause sometimes media will make it seem bgger than it is.

 

[SamUK]

too bad your not in florida, my mums in england, but we have enought freshwater here for everyone. i doubt you need to stop changing your water but maybe stop watering your lawns, washing your cars, and stuff like that. its probably not a big deal, cause sometimes media will make it seem bgger than it is.

this happens every year.

the rain has been pretty crap tho so i can imagine it being worse.

 

[juliehainsworth]

They just like to scare people! Come off it it's supposed to be the coldest winter ever over here or that was the warnings to make people go out and buy new boilers! To me it seems like its the warmest and wetest winter we've ever had!

I aint gonna stop doing water changes! Then again I suppose you could always buy a cheap kettle and boil any water to sterilise it if things were to get bad that would kill off any bacteria in the water I suppose! Of course you would need to remove most of the silt somehow! Just a thought for if it does come to a water shortage

 

[dwarfgourami]

It is true that it has been a dry winter in the south of England, but there is a big gap between a hosepipe ban (we've had those before) and actually queuing at a standpipe.

At a pinch, I would change my tankwater and stop washing the family! Let them smell!

Some sort of rationing might not be a bad idea- coming from Sweden, where there are few people and lots of big lakes, I still can't get over how wasteful the English are.

 

[Jules H-T]

I still can't get over how wasteful the English are.

Quite. The average Londoner uses 163 Litres of water a day.

We are some way off proper restrictions though.

This is how water restrictions work in the UK for anyone who cares:

Level 1 includes advertisements asking people to save water. Water pressure will be lowered slightly in some places.

Level 2 includes Level 1 restrictions plus more advertisements and a ban on the use of sprinklers to water gardens.

Level 3 includes Levels 1 and 2 restrictions, plus bans on:
·the use of hosepipes for watering gardens
·water for parks, recreational and sports grounds, golf courses and racecourses, ornamental ponds and fountains
·car washes
·operation of automatic flushing cisterns when buildings are unoccupied.

Level 4 restrictions are the most severe, and include all the measures in Levels 1, 2, and 3 plus:
·cutting-off the supply of water to households and businesses in rotation (for example every second day) or cutting-off the supply of water to households and businesses completely.
·water could only be obtained from standpipes (for example from a single tap at a hydrant on every block) or by local delivery of bottled supplies for drinking.
·Many businesses would need to shut down temporarily while the restrictions are in place.
·Emergency drought permits would also be sought to increase the take of water from the rivers. This could lead to further environmental damage.

Levels 3 and 4 require Parliamentary approval.

 

[cornishgiant]

very interesting jules.

 

[millym]

well i wouldnt be telling thames water that we use water for our tank anyway & the amount you use for a shower is probably more than a few bucket water changes on a tank.
thames water also have a very poor record as far as water conservation goes themselves leaky old pipes everywhere apparently. and even worse whenever theres very heavy rain ( not this winter but i remember last year) they dump sewage into the river which last time killed loads of fish & made the thames stink like a loo for weeks.
fantastic from a company who provides our drinking water!!!!!!!!

 

[clareriley]

I remember last year, I put grass seed down on my lawn and it was so hot.. I went out and got a sprinkler for the hose as I was heavily pregnant and couldnt stand there and water it all the time.. well my next door neighbour called the police on me and they came to me as they have to and they laughed and said well if you was stodd there with water on your plants for all that time or got a sprinkler system for a grown lawn then I wouldnt be happy but your growing it so ill go next door and explain.. that woman was crazy I tell ya.
thankfully I moved this year and again were planting grass seed

 

[timmystood]

I know we have hose-pipe bans most years but not normally this early in the year.

 

[Arfie]

There's a few easy and painless things you can do to reduce the amount of water you use.

1 - don't run the tap while cleaning your teeth (as already said)
2 - put something like a 2 litre pop bottle filled with anything into your toilet cistern, this reduces it's capacity and it will use 2 litres less each flush
3 - (not a fan of this myslef) don't flush every time you go to the loo "if it's yellow, let it mellow, but if it's brown, flush it down"
4 - re-use whatever you can, so use your old tank water to water your plants and garden, it contains fish poo, nitrates and phosfates etc, they will love it. if you have a dehumidifyer, use the water it collects in the garden or to wash the car.
5 - even if you shower you can save water, when soaping up, turn the water off, then back on to rinse you off.
6 - don't fill the washing up bowl to the top unless you need to due to a large load of pots to wash, use half a bowl and stack the dirty dishes on one side.
7 - if your washing machine / dishwaser allows it, use the half load button, conversley only use the washer to do full loads

If it does start getting serious, reduce the feeding of your fish slightly and reduce your water changes, either change less so do 20% instead of 25% or change every 10 or 14 days instead of 7 days.

Arfie

 

[timmystood]

(not a fan of this myslef) don't flush every time you go to the loo "if it's yellow, let it mellow, but if it's brown, flush it down"

That's what my parents do!

 

[clareriley]

There's a few easy and painless things you can do to reduce the amount of water you use.

1 - don't run the tap while cleaning your teeth (as already said)
2 - put something like a 2 litre pop bottle filled with anything into your toilet cistern, this reduces it's capacity and it will use 2 litres less each flush
3 - (not a fan of this myslef) don't flush every time you go to the loo "if it's yellow, let it mellow, but if it's brown, flush it down"
4 - re-use whatever you can, so use your old tank water to water your plants and garden, it contains fish poo, nitrates and phosfates etc, they will love it. if you have a dehumidifyer, use the water it collects in the garden or to wash the car.
5 - even if you shower you can save water, when soaping up, turn the water off, then back on to rinse you off.
6 - don't fill the washing up bowl to the top unless you need to due to a large load of pots to wash, use half a bowl and stack the dirty dishes on one side.
7 - if your washing machine / dishwaser allows it, use the half load button, conversley only use the washer to do full loads

If it does start getting serious, reduce the feeding of your fish slightly and reduce your water changes, either change less so do 20% instead of 25% or change every 10 or 14 days instead of 7 days.

Arfie

you forgot my favourite one as I drink alot of tea.. never boil more water in the kettle than you need. you lose half of it anyways if your the kind who put new water in the kettle before you boil it for a brew.

 

[millym]

good points arfie.
i spent a lot of my life in perth west australia where water conservation is permanently on the agenda as theres always a problem.
there you are never allowed to water your garden after i think its 7am (might be 6am)& before 5pm in the evening as most of it it just evaporates & also you shouldnt water your plants in full sunshine as it actually can cause them to burn.
although saying that the local councils over there always seem to have their massive sprinklers on the parks in the middle of very hot 40C+ days even if they do use bore water (from underground) it would be nice to see the government there practicing what they preach!!!!!!!

 

[teaker1s]

i,m guessing if ph is correct in the water source and either uv sterilisation or boiling would be okay