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MM wrote:
:: On Sun, 15 May 2005 19:51:32 +0100, "Martin" :: wrote: :: ::: martin wrote: :::: On Sun, 15 May 2005 19:02:36 +0100, MM :::: wrote: :::: ::::: On Sun, 15 May 2005 17:09:43 +0100, "Mike Lyle" ::::: wrote: ::::: :::::: MM wrote: ::::::: Around here in the Fens there are dykes everywhere. The ::::::: amount of water going for free is incredible. (My water ::::::: supply is metered.) I thought, why can't I get one of those ::::::: old-fashioned stirrup pumps and pump some out into a ::::::: container. But then I thought, ah, there's sure to be someone ::::::: who'll say, you can't do that. What's the law? :::::: :::::: It seems you can help yourself to up to 20 cubic metres a day, :::::: which is a lot for a stirrup-pump! After that, you need an :::::: abstraction licence. The following site took ages to load just :::::: now, but that may be a transient condition: :::::: http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk...75517/?lang=_e :::::: :::::: But the dyke may be some sort of private property, so I'd :::::: check. Not that you could use a stirrup-pump anyhow, but I :::::: know what you mean. ::::: ::::: Goodness! 20 cubic metres a day! That'd be enough to have a ::::: bath as well occasionally! Crikey. Thanks for that. Very ::::: interesting. Now all I need to do is work out a way of fitting ::::: a tank into my car! Although I did see that the Erde trailers ::::: outside Halfords are very cheap. The smaller one was only £149. ::::: You'd get a lot of water in a plastic tank on the back of one ::::: of those. Of course, you'd get about 150 cubic metres of ::::: Anglian water for that kind of money instead, but it's the idea ::::: of getting something for nothing that appeals. :::: :::: Have you worked out how much 20 cubic metres of water weighs? ::: ::: 20 metric tonnes. :: :: What conversion factor are you using? :: :: MM There's dozens on google, this is one of them: http://www.simetric.co.uk/si_materials.htm -- If God had intended us to drink beer, He would have given us stomachs. |
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On Sun, 15 May 2005 21:00:54 GMT, "Phil L"
wrote: MM wrote: :: On Sun, 15 May 2005 19:51:32 +0100, "Martin" :: wrote: :: ::: martin wrote: :::: On Sun, 15 May 2005 19:02:36 +0100, MM :::: wrote: :::: ::::: On Sun, 15 May 2005 17:09:43 +0100, "Mike Lyle" ::::: wrote: ::::: :::::: MM wrote: ::::::: Around here in the Fens there are dykes everywhere. The ::::::: amount of water going for free is incredible. (My water ::::::: supply is metered.) I thought, why can't I get one of those ::::::: old-fashioned stirrup pumps and pump some out into a ::::::: container. But then I thought, ah, there's sure to be someone ::::::: who'll say, you can't do that. What's the law? :::::: :::::: It seems you can help yourself to up to 20 cubic metres a day, :::::: which is a lot for a stirrup-pump! After that, you need an :::::: abstraction licence. The following site took ages to load just :::::: now, but that may be a transient condition: :::::: http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk...75517/?lang=_e :::::: :::::: But the dyke may be some sort of private property, so I'd :::::: check. Not that you could use a stirrup-pump anyhow, but I :::::: know what you mean. ::::: ::::: Goodness! 20 cubic metres a day! That'd be enough to have a ::::: bath as well occasionally! Crikey. Thanks for that. Very ::::: interesting. Now all I need to do is work out a way of fitting ::::: a tank into my car! Although I did see that the Erde trailers ::::: outside Halfords are very cheap. The smaller one was only £149. ::::: You'd get a lot of water in a plastic tank on the back of one ::::: of those. Of course, you'd get about 150 cubic metres of ::::: Anglian water for that kind of money instead, but it's the idea ::::: of getting something for nothing that appeals. :::: :::: Have you worked out how much 20 cubic metres of water weighs? ::: ::: 20 metric tonnes. :: :: What conversion factor are you using? :: :: MM There's dozens on google, this is one of them: It was a trick question! Oh, why do I bother... MM |
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