Anyone reckon we’re close to rationing?! Been over Woodhead and there’s very little in the reservoirs. All the reports are that even with a bit of rain the levels are still dropping.
Potentially next Spring/Summer yes if we dont get some decent rainfall over autum and winter. Fortunaley a good proportion of our water comes from Bore Holes, I was at WInscar a few weeks ago and its the lowest Ive seen it. Would be nice if yorkshire water could have historically invested some more money in upgrading the network and stopped alot of these leaks. Shareholders have to have their profit though.....Wont someone please think of the shareholders .
Until we renationalise it will always be an issue. But getting a clean govt not in the back pocket of water industry pressure groups seems impossible.
Been like that since may the top one has grass and sheep on it now they supply Manchester area not us
It’s actually a very low proportion that comes from boreholes, Doncaster out to Hull but even then the aquifer is also low ( water table). The levels were 35% last week I think we are closer to running out than some might think, dropping between 2-3% per week with no significant rain forecast.
I use that route fairly often and it was significantly worse yesterday than a few weeks ago. My point was that those reservoirs are indicative of the general shortage of water. I know Ladybower is the lowest it’s ever been - the old village remains are totally exposed now.
when we have thousands of gallons of water running down our street from rivers, why can't they pump it into the reservoirs.
I saw a video yesterday asking people about their human rights and telling them that Farage wants to take them away. One of the Clacton voters said something along the lines of "Bring back Magaret Thatcher". I kid you not.
It was obvious levels were lower than normal pretty early in the year. Hosepipe ban should have been implemented in April, but I reckon YW bottled it because the timing would have coincided with the prices going up.
https://riverlevels.uk/ladybower-reservoir-ladybower-reservoir-lvl Hope works. Current level not quite as low as 2022 but it's dropping fairly quickly at minute
