Possible water shortage Leeds/Mossley

[eggsarascal]

1 hour ago, Stubby said:

Yep . MTS tankers pumping up in rotation , one after the other 24/7 . 

Is that to do with the sewer? Sounds more like a pumping station that can't cope with storm conditions.

[Stubby]

31 minutes ago, eggsarascal said:

Is that to do with the sewer? Sounds more like a pumping station that can't cope with storm conditions.

Well its every winter mate . You would know better than me . 

[eggsarascal]

On 10/07/2025 at 19:24, Stubby said:

Well its every winter mate . You would know better than me . 

The problem is, the water companies aren't held to account, unless there's a massive fish kill, or environmental pollution no one is interested.

[eggsarascal]

This is why tankers are running water into Stoke.

 

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Tittesworth reservoir filmed this morning 🧐.

 

[sime42]

Serious water pollution in England up 60%, government says

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Last year had the highest number of pollution events by water companies ever recorded.

 

 

 

[sime42]

High water bills, filthy rivers – and now drought. This is England’s great artificial water crisis of 2025 | George Monbiot | The Guardian

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In its refusal to nationalise water, it’s clear the government operates in the interests of private capital and not of the country...

 

 

 

Not much to disagree with there. (Other than the author maybe). We've been stitched up like kippers by these water companies. And still Labour refuse to nationalise critical infrastructure.

 

 

 

 

 

[Stubby]

23 minutes ago, sime42 said:

High water bills, filthy rivers – and now drought. This is England’s great artificial water crisis of 2025 | George Monbiot | The Guardian

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In its refusal to nationalise water, it’s clear the government operates in the interests of private capital and not of the country...

 

 

 

Not much to disagree with there. (Other than the author maybe). We've been stitched up like kippers by these water companies. And still Labour refuse to nationalise critical infrastructure.

 

 

 

 

 

-And loads of leaks everywhere . 

[Oldfeller]

reducing the ever increasing load might help too, makes little sense building more and more housing and expecting an already  inadequate infrastructure to cope with it, it does of course increase consumption which in turn makes fat cats,,, fatter.

[sime42]

Yep. Disgraceful. We leak and lose 19%, in Holland they only lose 4%.

 

""One of the results of this asset-stripping model is that leakage rates remain disgracefully high. While the hosepipe bans now being introduced around the nation are likely to save between 3% and 7% of the water we would otherwise use, 19% of the water piped through the network is lost through leakage. Compare this with the publicly owned Dutch system, which loses 4%. For the same reason, no major reservoir has been completed here since 1992.""

[Steven P]

2 hours ago, sime42 said:

And still Labour refuse to nationalise critical infrastructure.

 

Suspect the finances arn't there for that, any tax rise to pay for nationalising - to buy it back again - would be met with tears.

 

Railways are slightly different, nothing to buy back at the end of a rail franchise, just take it onboard but Tories sold off critical utilities wholesale - there is no cheap option - buy out the shareholders, or take them on with the debts if they go bankrupt, lands the UK with a massive bill either way.