Water wastage

is_that_so

Just heard an ad for this site on the radio. A bit surprised by a few of the numbers.

Apart from turning it off what kind of things can be done to get us to conserve water?

The only thing that occurs to me is a brick in the cistern - to raise water level and reduce the amount of water used each time.

I am also in favour of water metering. Given the success of the plastic bag levy having to pay money for things concentrates minds much more effectively.

Hagar

Here in France toilets have two flush buttons.
One for a short flush and one for a full flush.
So obvious I don't know why it's not used everywhere.

silverharp

It's amazing that there isn't a building reg to have a water butt in all new builds.

smashey

is_that_so wrote:

Just heard an ad for this site on the radio. A bit surprised by a few of the numbers.

Apart from turning it off what kind of things can be done to get us to conserve water?

The only thing that occurs to me is a brick in the cistern - to raise water level and reduce the amount of water used each time.

I am also in favour of water metering. Given the success of the plastic bag levy having to pay money for things concentrates minds much more effectively.

There are quite a few things you can do.

Only using the washing machine when it has a full load and harvesting rainwater for gardening purposes are easy options.

Ciaran500

Hagar wrote:

Here in France toilets have two flush buttons.
One for a short flush and one for a full flush.
So obvious I don't know why it's not used everywhere.

These are becoming very common over here to. Anyones house that has had the bathroom done up recently seem to have them.

flogen

I read the average daily household water usage figure the other day; was it something like 400 litres, or more?

Mailman

and still we lose more water through leaks in the mains than wasted by households.
Seems crazy that they are advertising to promote water conservation and considering taking water from the Shannon when the advertising money can be more effectively spent on plugging leaks in the mains water supply.
Even if people do cut down usage the same amount of water is lost through the mains.

is_that_so

42% loss in Dublin alone.

RuggieBear

is_that_so wrote:

42% loss in Dublin alone.

do you have a source for that?

That's absolutely outreageous if true!

is_that_so

RuggieBear wrote:

do you have a source for that?

That's absolutely outreageous if true!

Man who monitors it for Fingal. Apparently it is getting better very very slowly.
The number surprised me. I thought it was about 30%.
But then again considering how often the damn roads are dug up why is it a surprise?

damiand

I was once told by a Council Engineer that a 20% water loss is an exceptable level of loss. It must be remembered that the water is being pumped at pressure and a small hole will result in significant loss.