Abstraction – Environment Agency Claim Success

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tighter restrictions have resulted in improved health for more than 595 miles of river
a step in the right direction, but 595 out of how many miles
55 billion litres of water have been returned to the environment
compare that with the 96 billion litres of sewage that thames water admit to putting in one river, in one year, the thames
mr benyon trotted out the expected nondescript response
mr barker stated the obvious

none of them mention the long term trend for increased water usage in the south, the predicted and current increase in solar activity, our neighbouring planets are also warmer

why is it that planning for terrorist attacks, is so detailed they can work out how many shoelaces are required
but continual water shortage in parts of the south, cant be fixed by moving water from the wettest areas, via existing canals/rivers

amushroom said:

but continual water shortage in parts of the south, cant be fixed by moving water from the wettest areas, via existing canals/rivers

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Sounds like a good idea, so water from the Trent can be transported to the affluent South so that owners can continue to wash their expensive cars - it would have to be well 'filtered' though first I'd imagine . . . . . . .

LOL

What I would like to know; are the EA figures for abstraction the results of reducing quotas because companies have not used their allocated quota, because they overestimated their requirements to be on the safe side? If you reduce a quota because it has not been used you can’t say you have reduced the actual amount of water abstracted.
The other problem, not of the EA’s making but the Goverments, is our water companies are now publically owned and public own companies are not willing to make investments with pay backs of 20 or more years. It’s more cost effective to abstract in the short term.
With very high unemployment, companies are always going to get abstraction licences if they argue they need to keep cost down to survive or expand, thus creating more jobs. Unless the government can encourage companies to move north again, the situation in the south is going to get far worse regarding water shortages.

john conway (CSG - ACA) said:

not of the EA’s making but the Goverments

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John, the EA are a Government Department, there is no difference.

The elephant in the room is the population of the South East, I understand that we get less rainfall (in a normal year) per head than Iraq.

Stu

So will the EA impose realistic limits on Bitish Waterways usage, before they drop their Quango status, or will their gross misuse of water go unchecked for a few more years???



Hmm I wonder...

aint gotta clue how long the south east of this country has attracted residents for, but it seems no amount of elected representatives has or wants to change it
rather than flitting around the edges, bite the bullet and admit we're full up, or plan accordingly, but if our services nationwide, are owned by corporations who dont like planning to far ahead because of possible profit generation uncertainties
therein lie the problems
our elected representatives fail us all, regularly
the companies supplying the essentials of our lives fail us regularly

and it aint anyones fault, poppycock
our elected representatives are to busy not upsetting the major corporations in our world, so that they can find a nice job when they leave politics
the war crimminal, former pm tony blair is probably the best example, his personal wealth since retiring from politics and becoming a special envoy to the middle east, has hit the stratosphere
wonder why he weren't special envoy to somalia
our own wonderful former mp for reading, mr salter, trumpeted by many as a returning angling apostle, couldn't wait to get a job with thames water, the countries biggest continual polluter

nuffins gonna change because these people are held up as solutions to the problems, whereas the problem is that their behaviour and moral standards, reinforces these problems

if you've all really got the hump, with all these recurring debacles, then have a peek at magna carta, article 61
it states in no uncertain terms that it is our civic duty to end these practises, and instructs the populace to rebel
no revolting, but a fully legal rebellion
I'll go back to the dark now and eat my poo