Lieutenant Scott wrote
Rod Speed wrote
Brian Gaff wrote
Tim Streater wrote
Lieutenant Scott wrote

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/water-firms...122917413.html

Our water companies don't think we're soggy.

Yes, it's because it hasn't rained much recently. And because the
great British public is somewhat resistant to water meters (all
houses should have them).

They have to be the single most incompetent shower of useless
people on the planet. A drought in the UK, a bloody ISLAND!!!!
[Shakes head in disbelief]

What'sits being an island to do with it.

If I lived down there, I'd leave the tap running 24/7 to teach them a lesson.

See above about water meters.

I thought this was a troll. However I will wade in in any case.

Groan...

As we have loads of wind generators out at sea now, why not just get them working to make drinking water out of
seawater

Because they dont generate anything like enough power to run a desal plant.

rather than have them providing power when nobody needs it and not
when they do, at least water can be stored unlike electricity for the grid.

But when it returns to being the soggy little island it usually is, that water wont be any use.

It makes a lot more sense to tell people to stop wasting
the water on the gardens until it rains decently again.

Then we all get dead gardens.

Nope. Even in the desert corner of that soggy little island, they wouldnt
all get dead gardens if they arent allowed to use hoses for a while.

Nice.

And much cheaper than a stupid desal plant that might get used once every 20 years.