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By Paul Homewood
h/t Paul Kolk
Smart water meters must be made compulsory across all households to protect the UK against climate change, the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) has warned.
The government agency is urging ministers to ramp up the rollout of devices, as it claims water supplies were becoming one of the country’s biggest challenges.
Without smart water meters, the NIC said the UK is at heightened risk of drought.
In its latest report, NIC officials said water companies should have the power to compel all homes to accept smart meters as part of a “concerted campaign to reduce water demand”.
The UK used about 10bn litres of water a day in 1960 but that has since risen to around 15bn.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/05/16/force-smart-meters-households-risk-water-shortages
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A question.
Here in the US, the water bill is based on the cubic feet of water used. (If you rent with utilities then it could influence you pay for rent.)
Some of the comments from our British brethren sound like the the water bill is based on the number of people living in a building rather than a measure of the actual water used?
Did I miss something?
(Wouldn’t be the first time!)
For those without a water meter it is based on a loose assessment of property size, with additional charges if you have a garden tap. The assumption is that it is fairly fully occupied, so it can make sense e.g. for a retired couple to ask for a water meter to reduce their bill.
I’m actually off grid for water, with a well a few yards from the property. The Inspectorate visits to check water quality and the treatment (UV light, filtration and ion exchange) and pumping facilities annually. Pretty sure the water table is well replenished… We do keep some bottled water used in rotation against losing the well supply, which is really only the result of extended power cuts.
I read somewhere (some time ago) that in the UK they base the water charges on the number of bedrooms in the property and assume all those rooms are occupied
Thanks to you and Dave.
A question about your well system.
Is your UV before or after filtration? (I assume you’re talking about a cartridge particle filter?)
If it’s simple to do, your UV disinfection would be more effective after the filter.
(The particles the filter removes might block the UV light to a degree.)
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If you are going to keep encouraging immigration, you need to get that rainfall quantity up, up, up.