water rates

[renewablejohn]

Spring water here.  As soon as we moved in stopped using mains water as supply to farm has over 100 mtrs of lead piping.

[Squaredy]

Many many people have private water supply.  My work site is fed from a spring and a series of collection chambers built decades ago.  Council test the water yearly and each user has filters and ultraviolet treatment system.  Improvements have been made over the years.  When I say user there are three houses and my business and a tea room all fed off the same supply.

 

 My filters and UV system are serviced yearly and so far so good.  Only problem we had was a few years ago when I inadvertently switched of the UV system and made myself Ill!  

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

On 20/02/2022 at 10:32, agg221 said:

This thread reminds me of an engagement I had with our local water company a few years ago.

 

Me: 'I have found our stopcock. It was under an elm tree which must have grown over it 30yrs ago, the tree has died and the stump has rotted off. When I pushed it over, I found the stopcock under it. I have gently tried turning it but am a bit reluctant to try any harder as if it snaps there is no other stopcock out on the road.'

Them: 'There will be another stopcock out on the road'.

Me: 'No, there isn't'.

Them: 'We will send someone to trace the stopcock on the road'.

 

Turns out this is a moderately urgent situation in their books, so someone turned up the following week and spent two or three hours tracing every area of the road, opening every inspection hatch and turning off the water to each or our neighbours in turn, and generally annoying them.

 

Them: 'You don't have a stopcock on the road'.

Me: 'No, that's what I said'.

Them: 'We will have to replace the stopcock in your garden'.

Me: 'Good - when can you do it?'

Them: 'Next week'.

 

They duly turned up, and duly followed my clear statement that I did -not- want a meter (two small children, many running taps).

 

All sorted, but it would be easier if they accepted that maybe some people are vaguely competent in the first place rather than automatically assuming stupidity.

 

Alec

I was ‘sure’ you were going to say they cut out your defective stopcock before isolating further up system and ended up with an uncontrollable leak....

 

Doesn’t matter, the mental image was created and raised a smile anyway 😂😂