Is your water pressure starting to drop?

kneemos · 26-06-2018 12:47AM

Ubbquittious wrote: »

Nearly 500L per person? What in the feck are they using it for? Twould be a struggle for me to use that in a week I'd say

A lot of it goes down the loo.

Graces7 · 26-06-2018 09:31AM

Ubbquittious wrote: »

Nearly 500L per person? What in the feck are they using it for? Twould be a struggle for me to use that in a week I'd say

It is all these housewives washing "everything that is not nailed down and will fit in the washing machine.." Madness!

And no facilities to use "grey water" for the garden etc.. All mine gets used to water plants as I have no washing machine etc and that is easy to do.

BarryD2 · 26-06-2018 09:37AM

Ubbquittious wrote: »

The hot snap is in full swing now so soon we'll see some Fianna Gael slutherpus mumbling on the tellybox about how everything would have been so much better had they introduced water charges and privatised everything to Denis O'Brien..

And they'd be quite right! Rural dweller here on own well but we'd NEVER think of washing the car off it, or hosing the lawn/ flower beds for hours, or filling large paddling pools or multiple power showers. Otherwise we'd simply run out.

Water metering with modest charges is a no brainer and the only policy that will rein in excessive use, as in above examples, by the fortuitous people on public water supplies

Graces7 · 26-06-2018 09:52AM

LIDL are in big trouble!

https://www.todayfm.com/News/Calls-For-Lidl-To-Pull-Paddling-Pools-Amidst-Water-Conservation-Calls

Wanderer78 · 26-06-2018 10:03AM

BarryD2 wrote:

Water metering with modest charges is a no brainer and the only policy that will rein in excessive use, as in above examples, by the fortuitous people on public water supplies

With the current treat of privitisation, I'd say this sensible idea is probably a none runner, if this is to be eventually brought in, we d have to get some sort of guarantee of none privitisation

pxdf9i5cmoavkz · 26-06-2018 10:31AM

Ubbquittious wrote: »

The hot snap is in full swing now so soon we'll see some Fianna Gael slutherpus mumbling on the tellybox about how everything would have been so much better had they introduced water charges and privatised everything to Denis O'Brien

I notice there's a slight drop in pressure from the tap already. Way back in the 90's there was a decent summer and it was almost like Phil Hogan reduced it to a trickle near the end of it.

No no, this is definitely an EU Directive.

topper75 · 26-06-2018 11:00AM

Graces7 wrote: »

LIDL are in big trouble!

https://www.todayfm.com/News/Calls-For-Lidl-To-Pull-Paddling-Pools-Amidst-Water-Conservation-Calls

7,500 litres of treated water just to cool down? Fup off.

The Green Party can be right sometimes too you know!

I'd readily ban these.

kneemos · 26-06-2018 11:46AM

topper75 wrote: »

7,500 litres of treated water just to cool down? Fup off.

The Green Party can be right sometimes too you know!

I'd readily ban these.

Another desperate attempt by the Greens to be relevant.
How many of these are already out there,or can be bought from other stores,or folk with a plentiful water supply.

Should be encouraging people to swap their old pool for these Lidl ones if the water doesn't need changing.

RobertKK · 26-06-2018 11:46AM

Yes my well is going dry.

Graces7 · 26-06-2018 11:53AM

RobertKK wrote: »

Yes my well is going dry.

so sorry. We are on mains water here and I use very little so think alli s OK

YFlyer · 26-06-2018 11:58AM

De Bh107355102 wrote:

No noticeable drop In pressure while watering the lawn this evening anyway.

You're a ****.

weisses · 26-06-2018 12:00PM

Oohhh Ireland

Going from record after record in regards to rainfall

couple of weeks of proper weather and the water runs out

:o

Wanderer78 · 26-06-2018 12:04PM

weisses wrote: »

Oohhh Ireland

Going from record after record in regards to rainfall

couple of weeks of proper weather and the water runs out :o

ah its common enough, the whole world struggles with water from time to time, and we re no where near as bad as some countries

RobertKK · 26-06-2018 12:05PM

weisses wrote: »

Oohhh Ireland

Going from record after record in regards to rainfall

couple of weeks of proper weather and the water runs out :o

the wet spell ended here mid April, then just a couple of wet days in terms of decent rainfall, last decent rainfall was May 12th with 12.6mm.

Graces7 · 26-06-2018 12:06PM

weisses wrote: »

Oohhh Ireland

Going from record after record in regards to rainfall

couple of weeks of proper weather and the water runs out :o

This is definitely IMproper weather..

Ubbquittious · 26-06-2018 12:09PM

Wanderer78 wrote: »

With the current treat of privitisation, I'd say this sensible idea is probably a none runner, if this is to be eventually brought in, we d have to get some sort of guarantee of none privitisation

It might not be privatised but you could end up in a situation where the running and maintainence and every other part of the network is outsourced to some DoB-owned contracting firm just like the installing of the meters was. So Irish water might not be private but it could consist of one public service guy who just renews a fistfull of contracts with DoB every few years

Wanderer78 · 26-06-2018 12:11PM

Ubbquittious wrote: »

It might not be privatised but you could end up in a situation where the running and maintainence and every other part of the network is outsourced to some DoB-owned contracting firm just like the installing of the meters was. So Irish water might not be private but it could consist of one public service guy who just renews a fistfull of contracts with DoB every few years

yea its a messy one alright, we need to create some sort of system that actually works for our needs but is affordable, and is publicly owned, not an easy task though

Subcomandante Marcos · 26-06-2018 12:17PM

weisses wrote: »

Oohhh Ireland

Going from record after record in regards to rainfall

couple of weeks of proper weather and the water runs out :o

Literally happens everywhere. There's regularly hose pipe bans in the UK and the rest of Europe during prolonged dry spells.

TheBoyConor · 26-06-2018 12:20PM

Ubbquittious wrote: »

It might not be privatised but you could end up in a situation where the running and maintainence and every other part of the network is outsourced to some DoB-owned contracting firm just like the installing of the meters was. So Irish water might not be private but it could consist of one public service guy who just renews a fistfull of contracts with DoB every few years

Maybe you don't know but the vast majority of public works, from water & wastewater network construction & maintenance, gas networks, road building & maintenance is all carried out by private contractors working on behalf of IW, Local authorities, TII or whoever. County council crews barely even fill potholes anymore - it's contracted out.

It would be rediculous if Irish Water were actually physically carrying out the works to put pipes in the ground and build plants. They are asset managers and they don't have the specialist design capability to design these things in house nor the skills or equipment necessary to construct anything.

The fact that you don't know this just shows that you know nothing about Irish Water or about public works in general.

beerbaron · 26-06-2018 12:22PM

Subcomandante Marcos wrote: »

There's regularly hose pipe band in the UK

They're no Saw Doctors !

Alun · 26-06-2018 12:23PM

Subcomandante Marcos wrote: »

Literally happens everywhere. There's regularly hose pipe band in the UK and the rest of Europe during prolonged dry spells.

There are, but I must say they're a bit of an acquired taste though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMOas4CLWwc

BarryD2 · 26-06-2018 12:39PM

Wanderer78 wrote: »

yea its a messy one alright, we need to create some sort of system that actually works for our needs but is affordable, and is publicly owned, not an easy task though

Would that not be some utility like Uisce Éireann aka Irish Water? Publicly owned, sub contracts works etc.

Just needs a major PR exercise to strip back the reality/ perception of fancy wages, fat pensions and waste. Funny how the likes of the ESB are many of these things and fly under the radar!

De Bhál · 26-06-2018 12:45PM

YFlyer wrote: »

You're a ****.

bless you

beans · 26-06-2018 12:51PM

Thread best read as a series of innuendos.

YFlyer · 26-06-2018 01:16PM

Cry me a river.

weisses · 26-06-2018 01:37PM

Wanderer78 wrote: »

ah its common enough, the whole world struggles with water from time to time, and we re no where near as bad as some countries

After only a few weeks of decent weather ? I doubt it

And yes we are better of then Yemen or Lybia

monkeybutter · 26-06-2018 02:08PM

Alun wrote: »

There's plenty of water in the main reservoirs, the problem is processing capacity in the purification plants that feed the intermediate storage reservoirs.

If that was the case then they could fix that easily, that is not the case

Ubbquittious · 26-06-2018 04:34PM

TheBoyConor wrote: »

Maybe you don't know but the vast majority of public works, from water & wastewater network construction & maintenance, gas networks, road building & maintenance is all carried out by private contractors working on behalf of IW, Local authorities, TII or whoever. County council crews barely even fill potholes anymore - it's contracted out.

It would be rediculous if Irish Water were actually physically carrying out the works to put pipes in the ground and build plants. They are asset managers and they don't have the specialist design capability to design these things in house nor the skills or equipment necessary to construct anything.

The fact that you don't know this just shows that you know nothing about Irish Water or about public works in general.

It might save them a bit of money if once again they tried to do something themselves, in house as opposed to lining the pocket of some contractor who needs to make a fat profit in addition to paying his staff.

And don't mind your little dig about "fact that you don't know". You don't need any specialist skills to be senslessly condescending.

TheBoyConor · 26-06-2018 04:40PM

No it wouldn't.

They would not have the need to employ full time design teams because although they might need specialists in design of different elements of a network from time to time they would not need them all the time. It would be wasteful.

Same on the construction side. To complete all the work themselves they would have to have an awful lot of heavy and often specialised equipment. They wouldn't have the workload that would keep all that gear going all the time.

On the other hand a specialist contractor can go job to job with different clients and have their staff and plant utilised far more effectively.

I'm sorry but if you knew how the public works and civil engineering industry works you'd understand.

TheBoyConor · 26-06-2018 04:51PM

What's more, a lot of contractors make very slim margins on public works jobs.
you'd often see contractors, even big ones, go bust because they underpriced a job and lost their shirt on it.

And you must also remember that a lot of contractors employ subcontractors who are often local to the area of the project - local plant hire companies, trades, local suppliers for materials etc etc.

A job I was on recently had a major civil contractor as the main contractor but only a small portion of their staff, the management & supervision staff, were brought in from outside and the bulk of the employees, laborours, trades etc, were hired locally. And as for the equipment, the main contractor only had very large or highly specialized pieces of gear on site. All the usual stuff, diggers, dumpers and so on was all belonging to a number fairly local plant hire firms.
And I know it is widely suspected that the main contractor is going to make little or no profit out of the project.

Is your water pressure starting to drop?

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