Just noticed on my Thames Water bill & associated bumph:

Water Pressure

We aim to provide water at a reasonable pressure at all times. If your
pressure falls below 7 mteres head for an hour or more on two occasions
in any 28 day period you can claim £25.00. The payment will only be made
once in any year.


7 metres head is approx 0.7 bar I think.

I guess they're fairly safe, knowing that probably none of their
domestic customers has the apparatus to measure & record pressure
satisfactorily to make such a claim :-)

On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 23:00:56 +0000, John Stumbles
wrote:

Just noticed on my Thames Water bill & associated bumph:

Water Pressure

We aim to provide water at a reasonable pressure at all times. If your
pressure falls below 7 mteres head for an hour or more on two occasions
in any 28 day period you can claim £25.00. The payment will only be made
once in any year.


7 metres head is approx 0.7 bar I think.

I guess they're fairly safe, knowing that probably none of their
domestic customers has the apparatus to measure & record pressure
satisfactorily to make such a claim :-)


I bet Trading Standards does though :-)

OTOH, they'd probably close ranks....



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On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 23:00:56 +0000, John Stumbles
wrote:

Just noticed on my Thames Water bill & associated bumph:

Water Pressure

We aim to provide water at a reasonable pressure at all times. If your
pressure falls below 7 mteres head for an hour or more on two occasions
in any 28 day period you can claim £25.00. The payment will only be made
once in any year.


7 metres head is approx 0.7 bar I think.

I guess they're fairly safe, knowing that probably none of their
domestic customers has the apparatus to measure & record pressure
satisfactorily to make such a claim :-)


I bet Trading Standards does though :-)

OTOH, they'd probably close ranks....





Aren't Thames Water looking to reduce the pressure to save on the amount of
water lost duing their numerous leaks?

On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 08:39:03 GMT, "p00kie"
wrote:


"Andy Hall" wrote in message
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On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 23:00:56 +0000, John Stumbles
wrote:

Just noticed on my Thames Water bill & associated bumph:

Water Pressure

We aim to provide water at a reasonable pressure at all times. If your
pressure falls below 7 mteres head for an hour or more on two occasions
in any 28 day period you can claim £25.00. The payment will only be made
once in any year.


7 metres head is approx 0.7 bar I think.

I guess they're fairly safe, knowing that probably none of their
domestic customers has the apparatus to measure & record pressure
satisfactorily to make such a claim :-)


I bet Trading Standards does though :-)

OTOH, they'd probably close ranks....





Aren't Thames Water looking to reduce the pressure to save on the amount of
water lost duing their numerous leaks?


Oh sure. It's the game of the moment. All of the utilities and
public sector organisations are doingit from energy to water and from
education to health.

If you aren't meeting your targets, the solution is simple. Change
the target and then spend money on marketing to convince your
customers how great a deal they are getting.

Some people fall for it. They buy lottery tickets as well....






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On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 23:00:56 +0000, John Stumbles wrote:

Just noticed on my Thames Water bill & associated bumph:

Water Pressure

We aim to provide water at a reasonable pressure at all times. If your
pressure falls below 7 mteres head for an hour or more on two occasions
in any 28 day period you can claim £25.00. The payment will only be made
once in any year.


7 metres head is approx 0.7 bar I think.

I guess they're fairly safe, knowing that probably none of their
domestic customers has the apparatus to measure & record pressure
satisfactorily to make such a claim :-)

I would think the £25 quid would pay for the digital pressure sensor,
after that it just needs an old laptop and a couple of months of waiting.
I'm nearly at the end of the supply pipe so experience the consequence of
any incident along the pipe. That's got to be a few water cuts per year.



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John Stumbles wrote:
Just noticed on my Thames Water bill & associated bumph:

Water Pressure

We aim to provide water at a reasonable pressure at all times. If
your
pressure falls below 7 mteres head for an hour or more on two
occasions
in any 28 day period you can claim =A325.00. The payment will only be
made
once in any year.


7 metres head is approx 0.7 bar I think.

I guess they're fairly safe, knowing that probably none of their
domestic customers has the apparatus to measure & record pressure
satisfactorily to make such a claim :-)

It's not limited to Thames Water, it's a Statutory obligation:

http://www.legislation.hmso.gov.uk/s...63065_en_1.htm

Mathew

Ed Sirett wrote:
On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 23:00:56 +0000, John Stumbles wrote:


Just noticed on my Thames Water bill & associated bumph:

Water Pressure

We aim to provide water at a reasonable pressure at all times. If your
pressure falls below 7 mteres head for an hour or more on two occasions
in any 28 day period you can claim £25.00. The payment will only be made
once in any year.


7 metres head is approx 0.7 bar I think.

I guess they're fairly safe, knowing that probably none of their
domestic customers has the apparatus to measure & record pressure
satisfactorily to make such a claim :-)


I would think the £25 quid would pay for the digital pressure sensor,
after that it just needs an old laptop and a couple of months of waiting.
I'm nearly at the end of the supply pipe so experience the consequence of
any incident along the pipe. That's got to be a few water cuts per year.

Presumably you'd have to be measuring it at the stopcock rather than
entry to your house so you're not seeing drop in pressure due to your
own consumption.

Gotcha! ;-)