Saving water

[missrandom]

Why do we need to turn off the taps when possible? Surely after it goes down the plug hole it goes to the water works place?

[Whickerman]

no, it goes to waste water treatment.

[missrandom]

but it can be used again, cant it? then it wouldnt be wasting water as such.

[buildersmate]

You need to turn the taps off because otherwise it drowns the rats down there.

[Whickerman]

it goes into the same sewer as toilet waste, and usually doesn't re-enter the drinking system. Don't forget, it also costs money to get water to drinking standard, and to pump it to your taps.

[True Blue 36]

dont for get all the leaks in the pipes - most of our water is wasted back into the ground

[missrandom]

oh, I always turn off taps (i dont even leave it running when brushing my teeth), I just wondered what was the reasoning behind it:-)

[Ethel]

It costs a lot of money to get water to your tap.

Water doesn't fall out of the sky you know! :)

[RATTER15]

lol @ Ethel

Its all about the unnecessary cost of recirculating the water back through purification, filtration etc to bring it up to drinking standard again!!

[missrandom]

so it doesnt actually waste water, its wastes money/ They might wanana fix some of their leaks then, although Iam sure we end up paying for it:-)