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By Paul Homewood
h/t Ian Magness
They won’t be happy until they control every aspect of our lives:
Power showers could be banned from sale under Government plans to save water.
It comes as ministers want to cut individual demand from 144 litres a day to 122 litres a day by 2038 to protect supplies.
The plans include the development of new standards for showers and taps which restrict how much water they can use.
This could mean ending the sale of power showers, which use around 10 to 16 litres of water a minute, meaning a five-minute shower can use 80 litres – compared to around 20 litres in a typical electric shower.
It may also result in restrictions on certain models of toilet, amid concerns over how hundreds of litres a day are lost to leaks, mostly from dual-flush loos.
In its new Plan for Water, the Government confirmed it would “develop minimum product standards for water efficiency including for showers, taps, and toilets”, including mandatory labelling of such products.
But ministers want to go further to tackle water demand. The Telegraph understands one possibility considered by officials is banning ‘high flow’ bathroom products from sale.
It comes following warnings from The Environment Agency that parts of England could run out of water within 20 years because of the impact of climate change and leaks.
Water use could also be included on energy performance certificates, which are required by homeowners and landlords when they sell a property or rent it out.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/environment/2023/04/04/power-showers-ban-water/
The pathetic use of climate change as an excuse is an outright lie, as England is getting wetter, not drier:
No, the real objective is control. How dare we want to use water!
Meanwhile the government also wants to roll out smart water meters:
Water meters will be installed in more homes under Government proposals to cut household usage.
As part of its new plan to clean up and protect water supplies announced on Tuesday, the Government wants to cut household demand by 25 per cent by 2050.
As part of the drive, water companies will be told to rapidly increase the rollout of smart water meters to households across the country.
New build homes are also set to have more efficient taps, toilets and washing machines installed as standard.
Writing for the Telegraph, Therese Coffey, the Environment Secretary, says: “We need to make sure we have enough water – for our homes, our businesses, our farmers many of whom producing our crops are in drought zones, and for nature.
Most of central and southern England is considered water-stressed, but few of the regions’ water companies have rolled out compulsory metering.
The Government also wants to see the rollout of more smart water meters in other regions of the country as it tries to cut individual demand, currently around 152 litres per day.
The Environment Agency has warned that parts of England could run out of water within 20 years because of the impact of climate change and leaks.
The National Infrastructure Commission, which advises the Government, has called for water meters to be introduced across the country by 2030.
Around half of households already have a water meter, although the majority are “dumb” and not connected to a network.
The use of smart meters would enable water companies to charge different tariffs for households with a high usage, known as dynamic pricing.
Dynamic pricing is being encouraged by Ofwat and trialled by water companies including Affinity, which will charge some customers a higher tariff if they go over a limit set by the company.
The regulator expects water companies to set out their plans to reach 100 per cent metering and has warned they could face penalties if they continue to miss targets to cut consumption.
It has also speeded up £400m investment by water companies that will go toward installing 462,000 smart meters.
Just like smart energy meters, these will allow water companies to charge us more whenever they feel like it.
And the cost of installing them is astronomic, around £1000 per household, based on the Telegraph’s numbers. No prizes for guessing who will pay that bill!
They’ll be handing out bath permits next!
The articles specifically refer to central and southern England as being water stressed. They may be, 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 article includes this comment:
Wettest? Why does the Telegraph not check simple facts before printing rubbish like this? (Needless to say, it was written by the useless Emma Gatten!)
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