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water

toast99 | 07 April, 2006 16:31

Rainfall has not been as constant as our water companies would have liked, and so as we approach the more water dependent months in our year they are setting in motion plans to sanction various forms of use....watering the lawn, vegetable garden or hanging baskets with a hose, wash a car or mobile caravan the same way, etc. Water companies are also encouraging customers to report offenders, by telephone or anonymous e-mail tip offs. There is a problem with that to my mind. What is to stop somebody with a neighbourly grievance, an interfering busybody or someone just downright malicious having a field day? Suffice to say that these same water companies would be better prepared, and have more water in store if, rather than pay greedy shareholders ill-gotten gains secured when shares were dispensed like confetti on privatisation they used their means to repair the multitude of leaking mains water pipes throughout England.

To quote a journalist

"Blaming water customers for the lack of foresight by water companies is like Dick Cheney blaming that lawyer he shot when out quail-hunting for having a beaky nose and a squawky voice"

:: Karma (+0/-0)