Water again.

Exactly rubysong.
The road outside was dug up recently to lay fibre-optics or somesuch a Victorian culvert was exposed and photos duly taken of these incredible cast iron pipes which we are still using today.
The drains fill with leaves and then we get surface flooding.
I have the heating on twice a day and try to be out somewhere warm at least part of the day.
Buses are good! and there are several warm hubs now in the town to try to address this growing problem.
Scotland is colder than England so more expensive in fuel.

Biscuitmuncher

You put the washing machine on twice a week? Mines on 3 times a day

What, every day?

There were only 4 of us when the children were growing up, but didn’t have the washing machine on daily, let alone 3 times a day.

So we are the problem then?

Nothing to do with leaks not being repaired and high prices, whilst the share holders still get their dividends.

I find it patronising that the Utility Companies are telling us how to save money because they have raised their prices to an exorbitant amount, not because we are wastrels.

According to Which? dishwashers are more water efficient than hand washing.

www.which.co.uk/news/article/which-research-reveals-how-little-water-dishwashers-use-compared-to-hand-washing-aUDng9Y2iK8E

That's a bit like saying "save money on food by cutting out 2 meals a week"

It's so out of touch with reality

People who are struggling aren't wasting money already.

And probably don't even own a dishwasher

I've no room in my kitchen for a dishwasher, never had one, but what are the relative water usage amounts for washing by hand as opposed to dishwasher? Obviously I save electricity but never worked out hand washing plates water wise.

What I'd really like to see are simple pipe diversions so in dry weather run off clean enough water could go to a water butt for the garden.

One reservoir near us is looking quite good, but still not as full as I’d expect after all the rain.
As I walked the pooch around teatime, I noticed water trickling from two water points on the pavement. I’ll report them tomorrow.

MerylStreep

Mollygo
Same here. None of them ever mention saving run off water before the hot comes in.
The have diddly squat idea of how to save water or any other utility for that matter 😟

They need to fix the leaks.

Despite all the rain, the levels of reservoirs in this area are still dropping.

Fixing a dripping tap - £17

It would have been cheaper to have left the tap dripping for 10 years!

You put the washing machine on twice a week? Mines on 3 times a day

A heck of a lot of water would be saved if the water companies would fix their leaks.

I used to work in a marketing team. Our Head of Service insisted during covid that I wrote a’newsletter’ with hints and tips on anything from MH problems to saving money! This was going out countywide and a lot of other organisations had covered the topics in a lot more depth than a single page A4 newsletter could do. So I basically rehashed and summarised information that was already out there knowing that it was probably pointless to over 75% of the recipients. Think that’s what has happened with the water companies.

Mollygo
Same here. None of them ever mention saving run off water before the hot comes in.
The have diddly squat idea of how to save water or any other utility for that matter 😟

I agree with you Mollygo, I am in the same situation as you. It is like all the hints and tips given for saving energy. Most of them are things I have always done.