By Paul Homewood
h/t Ian Magness
They won’t be happy until they control every aspect of our lives:
Booster showers may be banned from sale under the Government’s water-saving scheme.
It comes as ministers want to cut personal demand from 144 liters per day to 122 liters per day by 2038 to preserve supplies.
The plans include developing new standards for showers and faucets that limit the amount of water they can use.
This could mean ending the sale of supercharged showers, which use around 10 to 16 liters of water per minute, meaning a 5-minute shower can use 80 liters – compared to about 20 liters in a faucet. ordinary electric shower.
It can also lead to restrictions on certain toilet models, amid concerns about hundreds of liters a day being lost due to leaks, mainly due to dual flushing. .
In the new Water Plan, the Government confirms it will “develop minimum product standards for water efficiency including showers, faucets and toilets”, including mandatory labeling for with those products.
But ministers want to go further to address the need for water. The Telegraph understands one possibility being considered by officials is to ban the sale of ‘high flow’ bathroom products.
It comes after warnings from the Environment Agency that some parts of Britain could run out of water within 20 years due to the effects of climate change and seepage.
Water use can also be included in energy efficiency certificates, which are required by homeowners and landlords when they sell or lease real estate.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/environment/2023/04/04/power-showers-ban-water/
Miserably using climate change as an excuse is a total lie, as Britain is getting wetter, not drier:
No, the real goal is control. How dare we want to use water!
Meanwhile, the government also wants to deploy smart water meters:
Water meters will be installed in more homes under a Government proposal to cut household usage.
As part of a new plan to clean and protect water supply source announced on Tuesday the Government wants to cut household demand by 25% by 2050.
As part of the effort, water utilities will be asked to accelerate deployment smart water meter to households across the country.
Newly built homes are also set to install more efficient faucets, toilets and washing machines as standard.
Writing for the Telegraph, Therese Coffey, Environment Secretary“We need to make sure we have enough water – for our homes, our businesses, our farmers, many of whom produce our crops in drought areas, and for nature,” says.
Most of central and southern England is considered water stressed, but some of the area’s water utilities have implemented mandatory metering.
The government also wants to see the deployment of more smart water meters in other parts of the country as it tries to cut down on individual demand, currently around 152 liters per day.
The Environment Agency has warned that parts of Britain could run out of water within 20 years due to the effects of climate change and seepage.
The National Infrastructure Commission, an advisory body to the Government, has called for nationwide use of water meters by 2030.
About half of the households already have water meters, although most are “dumb” and not connected to the network.
The use of smart meters will allow water utilities to charge different rates to households with high usage, known as dynamic pricing.
Dynamic pricing is being promoted by Ofwat and being tested by water companies including Affinity, which will charge some customers higher fees if they exceed the limits set by the company.
The regulator expects water utilities to set out plans to reach 100% of meters and warns they could face penalties if they continue to miss consumption-cutting targets.
It also sped up £400m investment of water supply companies that would go towards installing 462,000 smart meters.
Just like smart energy meters, these will allow water companies to charge us more whenever they want.
And the cost of installing them is huge, around £1000 per household, based on Telegraph figures. There are no prizes for guessing who will pay that bill!
They will hand out the next shower permit!
Articles specifically mentioning central and southern England are under water stress. They can, for all sorts of reasons, but climate change is not one of them:
https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/climate/maps-and-data/uk-and-regional-series
Finally, the second post includes this comment:
The wettest? Why doesn’t the Telegraph check for simple facts before printing rubbish like this? (Needless to say, it was written by useless Emma Gatten!)
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