Water

Look at a stone cutter hammering away at his rock, perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred-and-first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not the last blow that did it, but all that had gone before.

Jacob A. Riis

This is not my... Water

Less rainfall than Sudan!?

Clearly we are having a lack of water issue.

But what can we do about it...

All sorts of things according to the Environment Agency including:

Washing vegetables in a bowl rather than under a running tap
Using all leftover water for watering house plants.
Boiling the minimum required when making a cuppa.
Waiting to do laundry till there is a full load.
Turning the tap off while cleaning teeth.
Quicker showering (we also like the Aussie idea of shower sharing!)
Reducing water used by old toilet cisterns by placing a ‘save-a-flush’ or ‘hippo’ in them. Get one free from Anti- Apathy. (Apparently a filled water bottle also helps but bricks aren't that great as they disintegrate).
Flushing only when needed. (So no flusing of tissues / cotton wool and.... maybe not after a number one.... - my hse mate has banned me from not - I will blame her when we need a stand pipe!)
Fixing leaking taps (often they just need a new washer).
Making sure pipes aren't leaking.

I guess also avoiding water bombs / use of paddling pools and - sniff - the slip and slide...

Get saving that water - then maybe we can bring them back next year!!

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