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Old 29-04-2012, 05:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Martin[_2_] View Post
On Sun, 29 Apr 2012 00:36:02 -0700 (PDT), Doug
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On Apr 28, 7:03*pm, Dave Hill wrote:
I agree it will work itself out though and come down to averages in
the long-term but often the weather is damned inconvenient to say the
least and goes on for far too long.

But where would we be without weather?

Not much to talk about?

What I cannot understand though is why the floods we are having are
not being used to fill up reservoirs and so eliminate the hosepipe ban
when we get the next lengthy dry spell, which will leave our gardens
parched of essential moisture. Why is the floodwater just being left
to go into the sea instead of being diverted into reservoirs? Aren't
reservoirs served by rivers anyway? It would,probably take only a
small fraction of the floodwater to fill up our reservoirs.

because rain water is mixed with sewage.
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Martin
Some figures in our local rag showed that during the last hosepipe ban the amount of water saved by the ban was 5%, the amount of water lost through leaks was 24%
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