In the past, when we turned on the kitchen tap, clear water flowed out. When we ran water into a white bath, it looked clear. When we checked our hilltop header tank, we could see the bottom because the water was clear. Except it wasn’t. It was full of gunge. Two weeks after our new [...]
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No water. Again!
17 January, 2012
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The Other Half was filling the sink to wash the dishes this evening when the water ran out. I checked the loft header tank. It was empty. The main header tank on the hill was half full—about 7,000 litres of water. I checked the flow at the stop cock where the water enters the house. [...]
Read more We’re all going to die!
6 October, 2011
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We’d saved several hundred pounds to buy new tyres for our Land Rover Defender but ended up buying second-hand ones, leaving £200 that could be spent elsewhere. As we have an unfiltered private water supply, which we know isn’t the best, we thought we’d put the spare cash towards a filtration system. The money wouldn’t [...]
Read morePeople really are ignorant about water
1 May, 2007
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I found myself reflecting on a recent comment along the lines of “has anyone else noticed the stupidity of some people when dealing with water? The waste, the uselessness, the ignorance?” Well, we see it all the time here in north-east Scotland, with people constantly telling us that Scotland has plenty of water and frequent [...]
Read moreMore rain
22 April, 2007
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We’ve had another good spell of rain overnight and this morning, with another 300 litres of water collected in the butts. It’s exactly the sort of rain the land needs as it’s light, steady and lasts for several hours, allowing the water to soak in instead of running off. Of course, it does mean the [...]
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