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