"Chip" wrote in message
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On Thu, 30 Jun 2005 13:29:21 +0100,it is alleged that Andy Pandy
spake thusly in uk.d-i-y:

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No doubt it's a short term saving, as if enough people opt out, they
will have to eventually recover the income another way.

It would be a great shame if they did. I have been reading (since the
thread about filtering grey water for gardening) about the actual
causes of the droughts. Turns out if everyone (40m households) used
soakaways, the problem would be greatly reduced.

Dumping the rainwater into rivers (via drainage) is what is causing
the problem, it fails to replenish groundwater. Maybe water companies
should give us free water if we can prove use of a soakaway? g

Take an area. The amount of water falling on roofs is minuscule compared to
the water falling on the open land, inc gardens. Soakaways may help when
water levels get very, very low, that's all. They are certainly not the
problem.