Drought....... Its Official!

[Gnarlyoak]

The North West of England is now officially in drought, United Utilities have just announced that a hosepipe ban is be brough in to try and conserve water stocks!

 

Despite 2 extremely wet years, killer floods and several feet of snow for weeks on end across the region, many of the North Wests resevoirs are currently barely half full. And this has been the driest 6 month start of the year for decades, with only 53% of the average rainfall that the region would normally expect.

 

So whats the real reason for our water shortage, global warming; climate change; wrong type of rain; lack of investment in infrastructure to keep the shareholders happy by giving them shed loads of dividend payments after the fat cat directors have stuffed their pockets and their pension accounts with their "fair share".

[Mozza]

Made me laugh this, Drought, shortage, Hose pipe ban, 5 minutes from my house the road is closed due to a massive water leak thats been pumping shed loads of water out They have had the road shut for 4 days now AND its still wet :lol:

[armchairarborist]

how about digging all the peat out of the reservoirs so lots of water would fit in instead? should get criminals to do it cos prisons are overcrowded.. drought pah! had to wring me tshirt out today from rain.

[Johny Walker]

most of its due to not using what was called the ditching gangs ,they used to keep all the ditches clear ,so the rain water would run in to the resys thus filling them up, no ditches,no water !!! , good old privatisation put a stop to that for sure ,that came from a chap i new @ yorkshire water

[Hodge]

Made me laugh this, Drought, shortage, Hose pipe ban, 5 minutes from my house the road is closed due to a massive water leak thats been pumping shed loads of water out They have had the road shut for 4 days now AND its still wet :lol:

 

Fill a bottle liam.

[Andy Collins]

We have a huge pipe running from the north to help us keep our lawns nice and green!

[renewablejohn]

Should make United Utilities pay for all the leaks at the same rate as domestic customers. The nations black hole of debt would be paid off in a matter of months.

[Johny Walker]

We have a huge pipe running from the north to help us keep our lawns nice and green!

 

it runs thru are lasses farm & thers a big stop tap in 1, off the fields ,do hope no one turns it off or them lawns will be brown as a hovis loaf within a wk:001_tongue:

[Hodge]

We have a huge pipe running from the north to help us keep our lawns nice and green!

 

And to water down your ale.

[armchairarborist]

We have a huge pipe running from the north to help us keep our lawns nice and green!

 

soft southern grass needs water eh? our tough yorkshire grass makes ya legs bleed when ya wearing short pants and is lucky if it gets peed on in summer..