Cambon Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 7 hours ago, Happier diner said: In your 'learned' opinion 😜 https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/money/2009/dec/08/water-meters-help-cut-useage Who cares about usage? The MUA obviously don't, when they can afford to have three disused reservoirs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happier diner Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 9 hours ago, Cambon said: Who cares about usage? The MUA obviously don't, when they can afford to have three disused reservoirs. Three tiny reservoirs that are not worth bothering connecting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cambon Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 5 hours ago, Happier diner said: Three tiny reservoirs that are not worth bothering connecting? Water reserves has little to do with the size of the reservoir. It is about their positioning and the size of the catchment areas that feed them. Cringle’s catchment area is enormous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Buggane Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 8,000 tiny smart water meters not worth connecting, huge catchment area mine and all your pockets. Bunch of twats determined they are going to get their pension paid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happier diner Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 1 hour ago, Cambon said: Water reserves has little to do with the size of the reservoir. It is about their positioning and the size of the catchment areas that feed them. Cringle’s catchment area is enormous. And how would the 'enormous' amount of water at cringle get to the water treatment plant? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happier diner Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 1 hour ago, Cambon said: Water reserves has little to do with the size of the reservoir. It is about their positioning and the size of the catchment areas that feed them. Cringle’s catchment area is enormous. https://www.iomguide.com/reservoirs/cringle-reservoir.php 154 hectares is not enormous either ..it's tiny. Tiny catchment serving a tiny reservoir that's not even connected to a water processing plant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 46 minutes ago, Happier diner said: And how would the 'enormous' amount of water at cringle get to the water treatment plant? pipes usually. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cambon Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 57 minutes ago, Happier diner said: https://www.iomguide.com/reservoirs/cringle-reservoir.php 154 hectares is not enormous either ..it's tiny. Tiny catchment serving a tiny reservoir that's not even connected to a water processing plant. One hectare is 100 metres x 100 metres. Roughly the size of a rugby field. 154 hectares is not tiny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cambon Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 1 hour ago, Happier diner said: And how would the 'enormous' amount of water at cringle get to the water treatment plant? Portable treatment plant? Never going to be required, so a pointless question, really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two-lane Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 22 minutes ago, Cambon said: One hectare is 100 metres x 100 metres. Roughly the size of a rugby field. 154 hectares is not tiny. A few years ago I realised how much rain water falls on a small area. My mother lived in Gloucester and was caught up in The Great Flood of 2007 - no running water. I went there to help her. It was raining heavily. I put a bucket outside. After a while, I checked and found a trifling amount of water in the bucket. So I disconnected a gutter downpipe (she lived in a small semi-detached bungalow) and pointed that into the bucket. The bucket filled within seconds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happier diner Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, Cambon said: One hectare is 100 metres x 100 metres. Roughly the size of a rugby field. 154 hectares is not tiny. So a 150 rugby fields? Sorry mate. Tiny. Sulby itself is bigger and has a catchment of 4000 hectares. That's a proper reservoir and catchment. Edited July 10, 2023 by Happier diner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happier diner Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 2 hours ago, WTF said: pipes usually. There are no pipes between them. That's the issue. Cringle was written off as a useful supply some 30 years ago. It was the right decision. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cambon Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 40 minutes ago, Happier diner said: So a 150 rugby fields? Sorry mate. Tiny. Sulby itself is bigger and has a catchment of 4000 hectares. That's a proper reservoir and catchment. Exactly! So no problem then. We are never going to have a shortage. Ever! No need to waste money on meters and unnecessary administration! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Mexico Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 47 minutes ago, Happier diner said: Sulby itself is bigger and has a catchment of 4000 hectares. That's a proper reservoir and catchment. 16,200 hectares in actual fact. Though geology and rainfall patterns will affect how effective a catchment area is. Cringle and Block Eary were WWII constructions and you wonder how well built they were given shortages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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