#watersupplyissues — Public Fediverse posts

Request: I think I should have led with this but here we are. What my #WaterSupplyIssues have made me seen more than ever is that
* water is vital
- not 1st world problem water for showers or hosepipes
- clean water for drinking, washing, toilets and living
* travelling miles for water puts a large number of people at a disadvantage (those who cannot travel or transport that water)
- yes, communities help each other but they should not have to

My issues have been small. Some of my neighbours have had it worse. All of us did get water coming out of taps again though. Yes we pay for that and the previous rants talk about how that twisted and unfair water supply is in much of the UK but today (worldwide)¹ ...

* 696 million people (10%) have no local water supply
* 1 in 4 schools have no reliable supply of water

So here's my request: *Please do something about this*. Donate to Wateraid or another water charities.

Aside from Water Supply there is the issue of toilets and waste. According to Toilet Twinning around 2billion people worldwide have no access to safe sanitation/toilet.² You can "twin" your toilet with another where it is needed. It;s a one-off cost (£60). Please consider it

¹ source Wateraid: https://www.wateraid.org/uk
² https://toilettwinning.org/faqs

Request: I think I should have led with this but here we are. What my #WaterSupplyIssues have made me seen more than ever is that
* water is vital
- not 1st world problem water for showers or hosepipes
- clean water for drinking, washing, toilets and living
* travelling miles for water puts a large number of people at a disadvantage (those who cannot travel or transport that water)
- yes, communities help each other but they should not have to

My issues have been small. Some of my neighbours have had it worse. All of us did get water coming out of taps again though. Yes we pay for that and the previous rants talk about how that twisted and unfair water supply is in much of the UK but today (worldwide)¹ ...

* 696 million people (10%) have no local water supply
* 1 in 4 schools have no reliable supply of water

So here's my request: *Please do something about this*. Donate to Wateraid or another water charities.

Aside from Water Supply there is the issue of toilets and waste. According to Toilet Twinning around 2billion people worldwide have no access to safe sanitation/toilet.² You can "twin" your toilet with another where it is needed. It;s a one-off cost (£60). Please consider it

¹ source Wateraid: https://www.wateraid.org/uk
² https://toilettwinning.org/faqs

Request: I think I should have led with this but here we are. What my #WaterSupplyIssues have made me seen more than ever is that
* water is vital
- not 1st world problem water for showers or hosepipes
- clean water for drinking, washing, toilets and living
* travelling miles for water puts a large number of people at a disadvantage (those who cannot travel or transport that water)
- yes, communities help each other but they should not have to

My issues have been small. Some of my neighbours have had it worse. All of us did get water coming out of taps again though. Yes we pay for that and the previous rants talk about how that twisted and unfair water supply is in much of the UK but today (worldwide)¹ ...

* 696 million people (10%) have no local water supply
* 1 in 4 schools have no reliable supply of water

So here's my request: *Please do something about this*. Donate to Wateraid or another water charities.

Aside from Water Supply there is the issue of toilets and waste. According to Toilet Twinning around 2billion people worldwide have no access to safe sanitation/toilet.² You can "twin" your toilet with another where it is needed. It;s a one-off cost (£60). Please consider it

¹ source Wateraid: https://www.wateraid.org/uk
² https://toilettwinning.org/faqs

Request: I think I should have led with this but here we are. What my #WaterSupplyIssues have made me seen more than ever is that
* water is vital
- not 1st world problem water for showers or hosepipes
- clean water for drinking, washing, toilets and living
* travelling miles for water puts a large number of people at a disadvantage (those who cannot travel or transport that water)
- yes, communities help each other but they should not have to

My issues have been small. Some of my neighbours have had it worse. All of us did get water coming out of taps again though. Yes we pay for that and the previous rants talk about how that twisted and unfair water supply is in much of the UK but today (worldwide)¹ ...

* 696 million people (10%) have no local water supply
* 1 in 4 schools have no reliable supply of water

So here's my request: *Please do something about this*. Donate to Wateraid or another water charities.

Aside from Water Supply there is the issue of toilets and waste. According to Toilet Twinning around 2billion people worldwide have no access to safe sanitation/toilet.² You can "twin" your toilet with another where it is needed. It;s a one-off cost (£60). Please consider it

¹ source Wateraid: https://www.wateraid.org/uk
² https://toilettwinning.org/faqs

Request: I think I should have led with this but here we are. What my #WaterSupplyIssues have made me seen more than ever is that
* water is vital
- not 1st world problem water for showers or hosepipes
- clean water for drinking, washing, toilets and living
* travelling miles for water puts a large number of people at a disadvantage (those who cannot travel or transport that water)
- yes, communities help each other but they should not have to

My issues have been small. Some of my neighbours have had it worse. All of us did get water coming out of taps again though. Yes we pay for that and the previous rants talk about how that twisted and unfair water supply is in much of the UK but today (worldwide)¹ ...

* 696 million people (10%) have no local water supply
* 1 in 4 schools have no reliable supply of water

So here's my request: *Please do something about this*. Donate to Wateraid or another water charities.

Aside from Water Supply there is the issue of toilets and waste. According to Toilet Twinning around 2billion people worldwide have no access to safe sanitation/toilet.² You can "twin" your toilet with another where it is needed. It;s a one-off cost (£60). Please consider it

¹ source Wateraid: https://www.wateraid.org/uk
² https://toilettwinning.org/faqs

I've also just seen that my water bills will likely rise¹ as, again, we're expected to pay for the failings of the private company that is #ThamesWater.

I have relatives in Scotland and their water is not privatised. They don't pay a separate water bill, it is included in their Council Tax.

What these #WaterSupplyIssues have shown me, even more than I already thought, is that services like Water supply should not in in private hands.

50 years ago the UK went through a massive drought. I remember it well. We shared baths, put bricks in our toilet cisterns and queued at standpipes for water. When privatisation was forced upon us (yes I am looking at you Thatcherites) we were told the private investment and running would make things better. 50 years and we're no better, if not worse, off. This is not how it is supposed to be.

¹ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2j1j5ypjdo

I've also just seen that my water bills will likely rise¹ as, again, we're expected to pay for the failings of the private company that is #ThamesWater.

I have relatives in Scotland and their water is not privatised. They don't pay a separate water bill, it is included in their Council Tax.

What these #WaterSupplyIssues have shown me, even more than I already thought, is that services like Water supply should not in in private hands.

50 years ago the UK went through a massive drought. I remember it well. We shared baths, put bricks in our toilet cisterns and queued at standpipes for water. When privatisation was forced upon us (yes I am looking at you Thatcherites) we were told the private investment and running would make things better. 50 years and we're no better, if not worse, off. This is not how it is supposed to be.

¹ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2j1j5ypjdo

I've also just seen that my water bills will likely rise¹ as, again, we're expected to pay for the failings of the private company that is #ThamesWater.

I have relatives in Scotland and their water is not privatised. They don't pay a separate water bill, it is included in their Council Tax.

What these #WaterSupplyIssues have shown me, even more than I already thought, is that services like Water supply should not in in private hands.

50 years ago the UK went through a massive drought. I remember it well. We shared baths, put bricks in our toilet cisterns and queued at standpipes for water. When privatisation was forced upon us (yes I am looking at you Thatcherites) we were told the private investment and running would make things better. 50 years and we're no better, if not worse, off. This is not how it is supposed to be.

¹ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2j1j5ypjdo

I've also just seen that my water bills will likely rise¹ as, again, we're expected to pay for the failings of the private company that is #ThamesWater.

I have relatives in Scotland and their water is not privatised. They don't pay a separate water bill, it is included in their Council Tax.

What these #WaterSupplyIssues have shown me, even more than I already thought, is that services like Water supply should not in in private hands.

50 years ago the UK went through a massive drought. I remember it well. We shared baths, put bricks in our toilet cisterns and queued at standpipes for water. When privatisation was forced upon us (yes I am looking at you Thatcherites) we were told the private investment and running would make things better. 50 years and we're no better, if not worse, off. This is not how it is supposed to be.

¹ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2j1j5ypjdo

I've also just seen that my water bills will likely rise¹ as, again, we're expected to pay for the failings of the private company that is #ThamesWater.

I have relatives in Scotland and their water is not privatised. They don't pay a separate water bill, it is included in their Council Tax.

What these #WaterSupplyIssues have shown me, even more than I already thought, is that services like Water supply should not in in private hands.

50 years ago the UK went through a massive drought. I remember it well. We shared baths, put bricks in our toilet cisterns and queued at standpipes for water. When privatisation was forced upon us (yes I am looking at you Thatcherites) we were told the private investment and running would make things better. 50 years and we're no better, if not worse, off. This is not how it is supposed to be.

¹ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2j1j5ypjdo

Rant: The water company workers could be seen to be working hard through all of #WaterSupplyIssues. What I am questioning is the strategy of the privatised company (#ThamesWater). Anyone who knows them will not be surprised at this¹

We had enough water in our house. I had obtained some bottled water. Apart from our kitchen taps, every other tap and toilet in the house got water from a bath-sized (~130L) tank in the roofspace. It was full. During the very wet winter and spring I had harvested 200L of rainwater into a butt from my shed. We had about 80L of that left. If need be we could boil water from those two tanks for drinking.

Rant 1: I invested some time and money to collect water from the shed. Thames should have done the same over the past few years. They know the water mains are old yet they only fix them and never seem to maintain them.

Rant 2: A few years ago I knew water for my garden would become scarce, a hosepipe ban was likely each year and so I set up my harvesting butt. Thames knew the same and yet have built no new reservoirs to harvest from these recent "wettest ever" winters and springs. [ This rant is not really about my current #WaterSupplyIssues, it is just that this has highlighted how a bit of planning helped me during that time ).

¹ Yes I am aware they are a private company who only seem to be interested in their profits, dividends and paying their senior managers £1million to join the company²

² https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9d841yexe0o

Rant: The water company workers could be seen to be working hard through all of #WaterSupplyIssues. What I am questioning is the strategy of the privatised company (#ThamesWater). Anyone who knows them will not be surprised at this¹

We had enough water in our house. I had obtained some bottled water. Apart from our kitchen taps, every other tap and toilet in the house got water from a bath-sized (~130L) tank in the roofspace. It was full. During the very wet winter and spring I had harvested 200L of rainwater into a butt from my shed. We had about 80L of that left. If need be we could boil water from those two tanks for drinking.

Rant 1: I invested some time and money to collect water from the shed. Thames should have done the same over the past few years. They know the water mains are old yet they only fix them and never seem to maintain them.

Rant 2: A few years ago I knew water for my garden would become scarce, a hosepipe ban was likely each year and so I set up my harvesting butt. Thames knew the same and yet have built no new reservoirs to harvest from these recent "wettest ever" winters and springs. [ This rant is not really about my current #WaterSupplyIssues, it is just that this has highlighted how a bit of planning helped me during that time ).

¹ Yes I am aware they are a private company who only seem to be interested in their profits, dividends and paying their senior managers £1million to join the company²

² https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9d841yexe0o

Rant: The water company workers could be seen to be working hard through all of #WaterSupplyIssues. What I am questioning is the strategy of the privatised company (#ThamesWater). Anyone who knows them will not be surprised at this¹

We had enough water in our house. I had obtained some bottled water. Apart from our kitchen taps, every other tap and toilet in the house got water from a bath-sized (~130L) tank in the roofspace. It was full. During the very wet winter and spring I had harvested 200L of rainwater into a butt from my shed. We had about 80L of that left. If need be we could boil water from those two tanks for drinking.

Rant 1: I invested some time and money to collect water from the shed. Thames should have done the same over the past few years. They know the water mains are old yet they only fix them and never seem to maintain them.

Rant 2: A few years ago I knew water for my garden would become scarce, a hosepipe ban was likely each year and so I set up my harvesting butt. Thames knew the same and yet have built no new reservoirs to harvest from these recent "wettest ever" winters and springs. [ This rant is not really about my current #WaterSupplyIssues, it is just that this has highlighted how a bit of planning helped me during that time ).

¹ Yes I am aware they are a private company who only seem to be interested in their profits, dividends and paying their senior managers £1million to join the company²

² https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9d841yexe0o

Rant: The water company workers could be seen to be working hard through all of #WaterSupplyIssues. What I am questioning is the strategy of the privatised company (#ThamesWater). Anyone who knows them will not be surprised at this¹

We had enough water in our house. I had obtained some bottled water. Apart from our kitchen taps, every other tap and toilet in the house got water from a bath-sized (~130L) tank in the roofspace. It was full. During the very wet winter and spring I had harvested 200L of rainwater into a butt from my shed. We had about 80L of that left. If need be we could boil water from those two tanks for drinking.

Rant 1: I invested some time and money to collect water from the shed. Thames should have done the same over the past few years. They know the water mains are old yet they only fix them and never seem to maintain them.

Rant 2: A few years ago I knew water for my garden would become scarce, a hosepipe ban was likely each year and so I set up my harvesting butt. Thames knew the same and yet have built no new reservoirs to harvest from these recent "wettest ever" winters and springs. [ This rant is not really about my current #WaterSupplyIssues, it is just that this has highlighted how a bit of planning helped me during that time ).

¹ Yes I am aware they are a private company who only seem to be interested in their profits, dividends and paying their senior managers £1million to join the company²

² https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9d841yexe0o

Rant: The water company workers could be seen to be working hard through all of #WaterSupplyIssues. What I am questioning is the strategy of the privatised company (#ThamesWater). Anyone who knows them will not be surprised at this¹

We had enough water in our house. I had obtained some bottled water. Apart from our kitchen taps, every other tap and toilet in the house got water from a bath-sized (~130L) tank in the roofspace. It was full. During the very wet winter and spring I had harvested 200L of rainwater into a butt from my shed. We had about 80L of that left. If need be we could boil water from those two tanks for drinking.

Rant 1: I invested some time and money to collect water from the shed. Thames should have done the same over the past few years. They know the water mains are old yet they only fix them and never seem to maintain them.

Rant 2: A few years ago I knew water for my garden would become scarce, a hosepipe ban was likely each year and so I set up my harvesting butt. Thames knew the same and yet have built no new reservoirs to harvest from these recent "wettest ever" winters and springs. [ This rant is not really about my current #WaterSupplyIssues, it is just that this has highlighted how a bit of planning helped me during that time ).

¹ Yes I am aware they are a private company who only seem to be interested in their profits, dividends and paying their senior managers £1million to join the company²

² https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9d841yexe0o

Praise: Our local community (largely¹) came together during the #WaterSupplyIssues - people without water were able to get some from those who had some water (even low pressure). Neighbours were helping each other get bottled water where they could.

The water company (Thames) posted updates on their website and promised to deliver water to those who registered on the vulnerable list.

Anecdotally it seems they didn't do this as well as they said but the community pulled together.

¹ I say largely because one or two of the local flag-shaggers saw this as an appropriate time to harass our (independent) local councillor online. She was posting the water company updates to local groups as not everyone had access. She was also see to be delivering water to locals who needed it. The flag-shaggers felt this was not good enough (and yes they did mention ReformUK Ltd).

Praise: Our local community (largely¹) came together during the #WaterSupplyIssues - people without water were able to get some from those who had some water (even low pressure). Neighbours were helping each other get bottled water where they could.

The water company (Thames) posted updates on their website and promised to deliver water to those who registered on the vulnerable list.

Anecdotally it seems they didn't do this as well as they said but the community pulled together.

¹ I say largely because one or two of the local flag-shaggers saw this as an appropriate time to harass our (independent) local councillor online. She was posting the water company updates to local groups as not everyone had access. She was also see to be delivering water to locals who needed it. The flag-shaggers felt this was not good enough (and yes they did mention ReformUK Ltd).

Praise: Our local community (largely¹) came together during the #WaterSupplyIssues - people without water were able to get some from those who had some water (even low pressure). Neighbours were helping each other get bottled water where they could.

The water company (Thames) posted updates on their website and promised to deliver water to those who registered on the vulnerable list.

Anecdotally it seems they didn't do this as well as they said but the community pulled together.

¹ I say largely because one or two of the local flag-shaggers saw this as an appropriate time to harass our (independent) local councillor online. She was posting the water company updates to local groups as not everyone had access. She was also see to be delivering water to locals who needed it. The flag-shaggers felt this was not good enough (and yes they did mention ReformUK Ltd).

Praise: Our local community (largely¹) came together during the #WaterSupplyIssues - people without water were able to get some from those who had some water (even low pressure). Neighbours were helping each other get bottled water where they could.

The water company (Thames) posted updates on their website and promised to deliver water to those who registered on the vulnerable list.

Anecdotally it seems they didn't do this as well as they said but the community pulled together.

¹ I say largely because one or two of the local flag-shaggers saw this as an appropriate time to harass our (independent) local councillor online. She was posting the water company updates to local groups as not everyone had access. She was also see to be delivering water to locals who needed it. The flag-shaggers felt this was not good enough (and yes they did mention ReformUK Ltd).

Praise: Our local community (largely¹) came together during the #WaterSupplyIssues - people without water were able to get some from those who had some water (even low pressure). Neighbours were helping each other get bottled water where they could.

The water company (Thames) posted updates on their website and promised to deliver water to those who registered on the vulnerable list.

Anecdotally it seems they didn't do this as well as they said but the community pulled together.

¹ I say largely because one or two of the local flag-shaggers saw this as an appropriate time to harass our (independent) local councillor online. She was posting the water company updates to local groups as not everyone had access. She was also see to be delivering water to locals who needed it. The flag-shaggers felt this was not good enough (and yes they did mention ReformUK Ltd).

This is a thread with a rant or two, some praise and a request. Feel free to mute the #WaterSupplyIssues hashtag I'll use

This week our home was one of the "10000" affected by two burst water mains that massively disrupted water supplies to 14 postcode areas in East London and Essex, UK.¹

We were fortunate, we only lost our water supply for 18 hours but pressure dropped significantly across the rest of the time and we had no idea whether it was going to go off again or not.

The water company #ThamesWater supplied bottled water at one or two locations which quickly ran out and there were massive queues causing the surrounding areas to become gridlocked.

Local shops quickly ran out of bottled water too. I had to drive about 10 miles to get some. Our water supply did not return to normal for four 4 days. Apart from limiting toilet flushing and not having showers we were decanting drinking water into containers "just in case" ( #1stWorldProblems ).

That's the background, the rest will be the rants, praise and request

¹ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c36dr86kzdeo

This is a thread with a rant or two, some praise and a request. Feel free to mute the #WaterSupplyIssues hashtag I'll use

This week our home was one of the "10000" affected by two burst water mains that massively disrupted water supplies to 14 postcode areas in East London and Essex, UK.¹

We were fortunate, we only lost our water supply for 18 hours but pressure dropped significantly across the rest of the time and we had no idea whether it was going to go off again or not.

The water company #ThamesWater supplied bottled water at one or two locations which quickly ran out and there were massive queues causing the surrounding areas to become gridlocked.

Local shops quickly ran out of bottled water too. I had to drive about 10 miles to get some. Our water supply did not return to normal for four 4 days. Apart from limiting toilet flushing and not having showers we were decanting drinking water into containers "just in case" ( #1stWorldProblems ).

That's the background, the rest will be the rants, praise and request

¹ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c36dr86kzdeo

This is a thread with a rant or two, some praise and a request. Feel free to mute the #WaterSupplyIssues hashtag I'll use

This week our home was one of the "10000" affected by two burst water mains that massively disrupted water supplies to 14 postcode areas in East London and Essex, UK.¹

We were fortunate, we only lost our water supply for 18 hours but pressure dropped significantly across the rest of the time and we had no idea whether it was going to go off again or not.

The water company #ThamesWater supplied bottled water at one or two locations which quickly ran out and there were massive queues causing the surrounding areas to become gridlocked.

Local shops quickly ran out of bottled water too. I had to drive about 10 miles to get some. Our water supply did not return to normal for four 4 days. Apart from limiting toilet flushing and not having showers we were decanting drinking water into containers "just in case" ( #1stWorldProblems ).

That's the background, the rest will be the rants, praise and request

¹ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c36dr86kzdeo

This is a thread with a rant or two, some praise and a request. Feel free to mute the #WaterSupplyIssues hashtag I'll use

This week our home was one of the "10000" affected by two burst water mains that massively disrupted water supplies to 14 postcode areas in East London and Essex, UK.¹

We were fortunate, we only lost our water supply for 18 hours but pressure dropped significantly across the rest of the time and we had no idea whether it was going to go off again or not.

The water company #ThamesWater supplied bottled water at one or two locations which quickly ran out and there were massive queues causing the surrounding areas to become gridlocked.

Local shops quickly ran out of bottled water too. I had to drive about 10 miles to get some. Our water supply did not return to normal for four 4 days. Apart from limiting toilet flushing and not having showers we were decanting drinking water into containers "just in case" ( #1stWorldProblems ).

That's the background, the rest will be the rants, praise and request

¹ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c36dr86kzdeo

This is a thread with a rant or two, some praise and a request. Feel free to mute the #WaterSupplyIssues hashtag I'll use

This week our home was one of the "10000" affected by two burst water mains that massively disrupted water supplies to 14 postcode areas in East London and Essex, UK.¹

We were fortunate, we only lost our water supply for 18 hours but pressure dropped significantly across the rest of the time and we had no idea whether it was going to go off again or not.

The water company #ThamesWater supplied bottled water at one or two locations which quickly ran out and there were massive queues causing the surrounding areas to become gridlocked.

Local shops quickly ran out of bottled water too. I had to drive about 10 miles to get some. Our water supply did not return to normal for four 4 days. Apart from limiting toilet flushing and not having showers we were decanting drinking water into containers "just in case" ( #1stWorldProblems ).

That's the background, the rest will be the rants, praise and request

¹ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c36dr86kzdeo

Gatwick Airport Resumes Water Supply After Toilet Closure Incident

📰 Original title: Gatwick airport water supply returns after passengers go hours without toilets

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