On the subject of UK water, I read something only today about this, some of which I will quote for you now:
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"Areas of the UK are in danger of running out of water in the next two decades, unless steps are taken to stop the three billion litres of water lost every day by leaking pipes.
"A report by the PAC (Public Accounts Committee) has accused water companies of being too slow to act on the problem since water privatisation two decades ago.
" As well as failing to fix the network of leaking pipes, water companies also released raw sewage into rivers more than 200,000 times in 2019.
"Meg Hillier MP, the chair of the PAC,said: “It is hard to imagine, in this country, turning the tap and not having enough clean, drinkable water come out - but that is exactly what we now face. Continued inaction by the water industry means that we continue to lose one fifth of our daily supply to leaks.”
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Rather a bleak outlook for the not too distant future, isn’t it.
Oh I see, I always drink the tap water it is perfectly safe in my experience though most hotels had electric jugs so you could boil it if you felt the need. However in practice I rarely drink water unless it is diluted with beer, coffee or tea.
That makes a good case for re- nationalisation of ALL public
services imo Mups ?
When their contracts run out, dont renew them !
The workers can be re- employed as they were before but ditch
the management and shareholders??
Instead of HS2 get our ancient infrastrusture such as water
reticulation and railways etc etc fixed up ?
These public private partnrships have only one purpose as we
are finding out !!
The hotel provided electric kettles for tea/coffee making but told its guests to never to use the tap water for this! The bottled water was supplied for drinking (cold and tea/coffee) and cleaning your teeth. Tap water was for showers, washing and shaving only.
Interesting. I always stay with people in Malaysia in their private homes but the hotels I have stayed at are in Langkawi, Georgetown, Cameron Highlands, Malaka and Jahor Baru. I also stayed in the casino in the Genting Highlands but that was only once (awful place).
Crossing the border into Thailand, usually at Sadao, I have stayed at many more hotels in Hat Yai, Hua Hin, Bankok, Chang Mai, Chang Rai and cities like Ayutthaya and frankly always use the local water without problem.
On reflection the last time I had an upset stomach was in Nepal in 1972 on the Helumbul Trail (very dodgy spelling there)
No, Donks. I used to stay in hotels all over western and southern Malaysia when I went there on business trips. However, I was mainly based at a 3* hotel in KLCC (Kuala Lumpur City Centre) with 10 floors of bedrooms, just down the road from the Petronas Towers. This hotel was just about 400yds from our HQ and they had negotiated v. attractive room rates.
All supply pipes that are the water company’s responsibility will not be of the lead variety right up to their main stopcock/valve. However, after that stopcock it is the responsibility of the property owner to maintain the pipes and I expect a very small number could still possibly be lead. Most were replaced some years ago for copper and today the material is of the blue plastic variety.
Hit the nail on the head there Annie…
Such an influx of people into England in such a short space of time equals utilities that are unable to supply demand. Hence the number of roadworks we now see.
