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On Mar 15, 11:58*pm, "jbm" wrote:





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The Cambridgeshire Water spokesman on TV said Grafham Water was
currently at 96% capacity. Not bad for mid-March.

Drought? What drought?

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Grafham Water is topped up by pipeline from the River Great Ouse, which
currently has no extraction restrictions on it.

Anglian Water have stated that Pitsford Water (serves Northampton) is under
60% capacity. It is currently being topped up (limited amount) from the
River Nene, which is restricted by the drought order in the area. This top
up is expected to be stopped by the end of April, when the current
extraction order runs out. It is very unlikely to be renewed because of
environmental considerations. Hose pipe bans for domestic customers in the
Anglian Water region were announced the other day, coming into effect on 5th
April 2012. At the moment, commercial concerns (including sports clubs, golf
courses, car washes and the like) are not affected. It remains to be seen
how long that will last.

Drought? THAT drought!

jim, Northampton

You consider a 60% full reservoir to be a drought?

A public hosepipe ban to be a drought?

Dear me, the idiots really are running the asylum. Public hosepipe use
should be banned all year round anyway, because most are only used to
water grass and flower beds, and compulsory home metering would put
paid to that anyway.

Maybe you should pay a visit to Somalia. Then you might understand
what drought conditions look like.

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I fully agree that metering should be compulsory as it is
with gas and electricity. Water may well fall out of the sky but it
needs to be collected, stored, sometimes purified and then pumped.
All this involves an infrastructure that needs continuous servicing.
One of these days I will get round to having a meter fitted.
As a light user I would gain considerably but if I lay water out to
dry in the garden and other indulgences I would pay a lot more. Can't
see much wrong with that.
If this is a drought then I'm from Cherrapunji.

Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey.