How to convince partner an IBC is required
Re: How to convince partner an IBC is required
My stepbrother had a lucrative gig in Brisbane a few years ago installing underground 10,000l water tanks to trap rainwater during an extended drought. The irony is that his place has since been flooded out twice.
Re: How to convince partner an IBC is required
Depending on where you are in the UK an IBC can be the answer to hosepipe bans and low water pressure during the summer months. Where I live in mid Wales I have easy access to the reservoirs that feed the midlands, south Wales and Liverpool. Most people haven't the first idea how tenuous their constant supply of water is. The reservoirs nearest to me in the Elan valley still have not refilled to capacity after last summer, even after the recent snow and heavy rainfall. Last summer they were down to the dregs.
Each year some idiot voices the idea that these reservoirs could also be supplying London and the south east, believe me when I say there isn't the capacity. Throughout the summer the rivers had so much water extracted that I could walk across the Wye without getting my ankles wet. Fish stocks were suffocated due to oxygen starvation, it was an ecological disaster. The sooner everyone is watering their garden with stored rainwater and not wasting potable water on their garden or flushing toilets the better.
Each year some idiot voices the idea that these reservoirs could also be supplying London and the south east, believe me when I say there isn't the capacity. Throughout the summer the rivers had so much water extracted that I could walk across the Wye without getting my ankles wet. Fish stocks were suffocated due to oxygen starvation, it was an ecological disaster. The sooner everyone is watering their garden with stored rainwater and not wasting potable water on their garden or flushing toilets the better.