Water Meter Charges

shane0007 wrote: »

What filters do they built in that removes sulphuric acid that is in rain water?
I wonder would they put that in writing & get approval from the EPA who have the responsibility of monitoring water supplies in this country.
Is it not just your safety but the safety of every person that could potentially come in contact with water supplied by your property.
If they can guarantee that you can "fail safe" supply water within the EU Water Regs, then well & good & I completely accept the viability of it. Then it's just down to the economics of installing it & maintaining it. Until then I am a sceptic.

I have considered harvesting rain water for a while and have been thinking how could I use this to reduce water usage.
Im not interested in the idea of doing it for drinking water or anything other than flushing toilets as the amount used in toilets is a lot of the overall consumption, plus whatever is left for watering the garden.
I am not sure how corrosive this 5.5pH rain water is, how much effect might it have on plumbing if its isolated for filling toilets only?
If it is an issue even with non copper piping, then something like a water softener that reduces acidity.
Im also thinking if I can collect the water from bathing to use to flush toilets, it seems a waste to just let it drain away especially if we are paying for it.
It all depends on whether meters are installed or not, if it is a flat rate charge it wont be worth doing anything as there will be no savings in conserving water.

BTW Surely it's Carbonic acid in rain that we're concerned with here?

H2O + CO2 = H2CO3 :rolleyes:

shane0007 wrote: »

Acid rain is sulphur based. Sulphur content comes from industries & burning of fossil fuels such as home heating, cars, planes, etc.

Next EU directives on a domestic level will be dealing with NoX & SoX levels. They are already regulated in commercial applications but they have made their intentions clear for the domestic markets.

Ireland has a fairly low level of air pollution due to prevailing wind and low levels of heavy industry.
http://www.eea.europa.eu/soer/countries/ie/soertopic_view?topic=air%20pollution

How will moderate levels of rainwater acidification affect water used to flush toilets I wonder. I can see copper or maybe lead piping might be affected, but plastics? might help clean the bowl .

Honestly it wont be too bad if its kept in a public bodies hands.
If we start going down the privatisation route, and companies start coming in to make a profit like the UK then I will be worried.
Look what happened with waste management once it was taken out of the hands of the council

Busted Flat. wrote: »

Your worries can be confirmed, once the meters are installed, it will be privatized as soon as possible. Can you name the front runner too buy.

Unless there is confirmation of it being privatised I don't listen to rumours etc at this early stage.

Outkast_IRE wrote: »

Unless there is confirmation of it being privatised I don't listen to rumours etc at this early stage.

I wouldn't call it a rumor, it is the natural progression of things in this state.

shane0007 wrote: »

My game is up! I have to come clean & admit I have a bid in for buying it off our ginger leader. I would appreciate if we could keep it just between ourselves. Nothing is signed just yet & I would hate for it to get into the public domain....

Hmmm.....

Your secret is safe with me, I might mention it in the pub tomorrow night, there is only about twenty there on a Wednesday.

paddy147 wrote: »

Will Bertie or Cowan be there?????:pac:


Bertie has a gammy leg and has gone very bloated looking these days....saw him last month with a female friend of his down at Artane Castle.


All those pints of Bass must be catching up with him.:pac::pac::D

Could be the auld gout, he only calls in with Biffo every second week. This year he is busy on his speaking tours, but had to cancel one which cost him, in order too rescue Squee in his hour of need. I see big bird was too busy to attend, or the clown that diverted the government jet to make a lodgment, in the Caymens, so much for statesmen. Fantastic country, the only thing going for us is the sun.