JawD 31 Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 From bbc Standpipes could be needed in the streets next year if England endures another dry winter, the environment secretary has suggested. Caroline Spelman said the UK would have to look at other ways to supply water if shortages continued. Large parts of England are in drought, despite recent wet weather. Mrs Spelman said: "Whereas it's most unlikely we'd have standpipes this year, if we have another dry winter that becomes more likely." Standpipes have not been ruled out as a possibility next year 'Very bad place' Adrian McDonald, a professor of environmental management at the University of Leeds, said it was hard to predict what would happen if the UK had a third dry winter but he agreed standpipes could be used. He said: "It's difficult to say but we'd be in a very bad place. "You would be expecting measures to try and conserve water that would be quite dramatic. "There would be standpipes in the streets, people's water supply would be cut off and they'd have to take buckets and containers down to those standpipes." The South West, Midlands, East Anglia, the South East, South and East Yorkshire remain in drought. Meanwhile, temporary-use bans for customers of seven water companies remain in the South East and East of England. A spokesman for the Environment Agency (EA) said as a result of recent rain, soil moisture deficits had decreased in all regions, with river flows normal for the time of year at over half their indicator sites. But groundwater levels remain low and, the spokesman said, as spring becomes summer, most of the rain that falls either evaporates as temperatures rise or is taken up by plants as they grow. Desalination option Mrs Spelman told the BBC's Inside Out councils would have to consider whether new developments can be supplied with water when making planning decisions. She said: "I think we need to look at a whole range of ways in which we can help to reduce demand for water and become more water efficient. "One of the questions which has to be in councillors minds is 'Do we have enough water to supply this new development?'" Trevor Bishop, head of water resources at the EA, is trying to find a way to reduce how much water is used in the UK. One option is desalinisation - removing the salt from sea water to produce fresh water. He said: "We've already got one big desalination plant near London and that's going to be really important for safeguarding supplies for London. "I think the likelihood of seeing more desalination plants over the next 10 or 20 years in England is quite high - but you don't want to rely on desalination, it's very expensive, it produces a lot of carbon so that's not good for the environment." He said another option was water companies moving water around the country to where it is needed. --------------- We're an island where it pisses down all the time man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catmag 336 Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 They can have some of the water that soaked my bedroom last night from the torrential rain coming in the open window. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BestBaNone 0 Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Bollocks. Laying the foundations for a super water-tax tbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezGiven 0 Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 We conserve water quite a bit, just by having habits that are meant to be good for saving water. The most controversial is not flushing after a piss which I think a few people do. The problem is that if we both have a few pisses before having a shit, the conundrum becomes when to flush. I will point out that we have a separate bog, it's not in the bathroom or anything. I find the idea of a place to shit and piss in the same place I wash a bit odd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 35327 Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 (edited) No way am I shitting into a piss filled bog. This all sounds like a lot of scare mongering. It's been pissing down plenty this year. Edited May 2, 2012 by Gemmill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajax_andy 0 Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 No way am I shitting into a piss filled bog. This all sounds like a lot of scare mongering. It's been pissing down plenty this year. Same here mate, the thought of splash back from someone else's piss isn't a nice thought Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezGiven 0 Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Neither would I, the conundrum comes from having a few pisses before needing a shit. After the 3rd piss, 4th piss? Do you flush after every piss? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JawD 31 Posted May 2, 2012 Author Share Posted May 2, 2012 Hang on, so some people let their piss sit unflushed in a bog all day? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 35327 Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Aye the dirty French. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Manson 0 Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Depends on the concentration of the piss. If it's the first piss of the day then it's flushed. If we're talking crystal clear then it can hang around a bit. You can also save a lot of water by pissing in the shower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezGiven 0 Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Hang on, so some people let their piss sit unflushed in a bog all day? Apparently, some people piss and shit in the same room they get washed too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Manson 0 Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Apparently, some people piss and shit in the same room they get washed too. What a bizarre thing to say. You make it seem like people have a single appliance that multi-functions as a bog/bath/sink/shower. Just because you have a fucking bidet doesn't mean you can swill wine and doff your beret at the rest of us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 35327 Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Don't the French shit into a plughole whilst standing up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trophyshy 6441 Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Piss is sterile unless you have cock rot. If it's brown flush it down, if it's yellow let it mellow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezGiven 0 Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Use of the word 'room' in the sentence makes it sound like people have a single 'room' Brock. I am just highlighting that the upper hand on hygiene is not held by a culture who shits next to a basin they brush their teeth in. Flushing after every piss is a bad waste of water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezGiven 0 Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Don't the French shit into a plughole whilst standing up? In some rural areas they shit and wipe standing up. Whilst whistling the Marseillaise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 35327 Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 I use a Sonicare, the head for which is in a cupboard at the opposite end of the room to the toilet. And my shits smell like roses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezGiven 0 Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 I use a Sonicare, the head for which is in a cupboard at the opposite end of the room to the toilet. And my shits smell like roses. Using scented lubricant nowadays? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 35327 Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Carr's Gloves 3250 Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 The people of Scotland laugh at your water shortage. Sometimes we flush the toilet just for fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McFaul 35 Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 As ignorant and selfish as this may seen, I'm only interested in the North East, it doesn't mention that our water supplies or levels are struggling. It makes you wonder how warmer places cope, like the South or France, Italy and Spain. We're known globally as a wet country these places aren't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BestBaNone 0 Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Less densely populated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angrysteve 0 Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Class like, people here banging on about hygene and on the other thread LBT is on about shitting in butter... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHonourableMember 0 Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 (edited) Less densely populated Italy's about the same as the UK (a bit less but then again a lot hotter too). They're just a lot less profligate with water. The amount we waste is ridiculous really. Edited May 2, 2012 by TheHonourableMember Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lake Bells tits 1 Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Class like, people here banging on about hygene and on the other thread LBT is on about shitting in butter... I`ll let you smell my finger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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