Accrington Web - View Single Post

WillowTheWhisp · 08-02-2008, 10:59

Water may well fall free from the sky but the pipes which bring it into our homes and the sewerage pipes which take the waste away are not free. We also expect our tap water to be clean and drinkable with no nasty bugs and nothing to make us ill when we drink it or wash up in it. That doesn't come free.

Unless someone intends only to use rainwater and to dispose of their waste water on their garden and have a hole in the garden for composting their human waste then there is absolutely no justification for not paying water rates.

However, I do object to the idea of being forced to have a water meter and I do object to all the water which goes to waste when we have heavy rainfalls and then being told we need to cut back on use because we're having a drought. That was a very wet drought that we had last summer.

08-02-2008, 10:59	#24
WillowTheWhisp Resident Waffler Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Accrington, Hyndburn Posts: 18,142 Blog Entries: 14 Liked: 14 times Rep Power: 1060	Re: compulsory water meters Water may well fall free from the sky but the pipes which bring it into our homes and the sewerage pipes which take the waste away are not free. We also expect our tap water to be clean and drinkable with no nasty bugs and nothing to make us ill when we drink it or wash up in it. That doesn't come free. Unless someone intends only to use rainwater and to dispose of their waste water on their garden and have a hole in the garden for composting their human waste then there is absolutely no justification for not paying water rates. However, I do object to the idea of being forced to have a water meter and I do object to all the water which goes to waste when we have heavy rainfalls and then being told we need to cut back on use because we're having a drought. That was a very wet drought that we had last summer. __________________