Cambon Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 3 hours ago, Anthony Ingham said: Because it is not a sensible long term proposition for them to be running two completely different system. The houses on our street have been here for decades. If they just replace when they fail they could still have a guy coming down here to read a handful of meters in thirty years. That is clearly not sustainable so you just accept a few years of phased crossover and replace everything by a certain date, then kill the old system. It’s also far more efficient in terms of time, money and emissions to send a bloke down a street a couple of times over a couple of days than have him darting all over the island at random and potentially visiting the same street 15 times to do 15 houses. There are at least a dozen different types of meters around at the moment. Some over 50 years old. There are also several different models of smart meter, depending on installation, demand, etc. There will always be multiple systems. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cambon Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 1 hour ago, Happier diner said: I agree it would be very expensive. Pointless? No. It would reduce water demand and that's a good thing. Why is reduced water demand a good thing? How would demand be reduced? Are you going to flush the toilet less? Drink less tea? Take less showers? Demand is on its way up due to the desired increase in population. However, there is no shortage of supply. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happier diner Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 1 hour ago, Major Rushen said: No… Electricity Meters Crossed wires😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happier diner Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 41 minutes ago, Cambon said: Why is reduced water demand a good thing? How would demand be reduced? Are you going to flush the toilet less? Drink less tea? Take less showers? Demand is on its way up due to the desired increase in population. However, there is no shortage of supply. People with water meters use less water. Water costs money to produce and we seem to get short every time we get a dry spell. It's better for the environment if water is left to go down the rivers in summer instead of wasted in paddling pools and washing cars. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 3 hours ago, Happier diner said: People with water meters use less water. Water costs money to produce and we seem to get short every time we get a dry spell. It's better for the environment if water is left to go down the rivers in summer instead of wasted in paddling pools and washing cars. it doesn't matter what you do with water , it always ends up back in the clouds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two-lane Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 Thank you for the opportunity to mention Allinson's name again. As for the £20 million - do not worry. It will not cost you a penny: https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/manxradionews/734092-1.mp3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 24 minutes ago, WTF said: it doesn't matter what you do with water , it always ends up back in the clouds. It's the very same water that previously went through 200 million dinosaurs and 20,000 scousers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 10 minutes ago, Albert Tatlock said: It's the very same water that previously went through 200 million dinosaurs and 20,000 scousers. scousers , eeeeeewww 😁 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 3 minutes ago, WTF said: scousers , eeeeeewww 😁 Descended from Pilferaptor. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 8 minutes ago, Albert Tatlock said: Descended from Pilferaptor. Thought it was the aarehasaur. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emesde Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 In order to guarantee quality every drop will be passed by your MHK . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballaughbiker Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 I have a dual rate smart meter on the 'other side'. I recently noticed that is had updated its software and now there were now 9 available tariff settings rather than the original two. Just sayin' .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finlo Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 8 hours ago, ballaughbiker said: I have a dual rate smart meter on the 'other side'. I recently noticed that is had updated its software and now there were now 9 available tariff settings rather than the original two. Just sayin' .. It's always been about variable charging, load of bollocks about saving us money. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Voice of Reason Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 (edited) On 4/22/2024 at 2:45 PM, Happier diner said: People with water meters use less water. Water costs money to produce and we seem to get short every time we get a dry spell. It's better for the environment if water is left to go down the rivers in summer instead of wasted in paddling pools and washing cars. Is it a “waste” of water, washing cars washing up, paddling in the stuff, making beer with it etc? Thats why God gave us water Edited April 23 by The Voice of Reason 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 It's a waste of the expensive treatment of it, required to meet potable water standards. Paddling in it and washing cars with it can be done with the contents of a rainwater butt. There was a Govt promotion of them a few years ago in an attempt to reduce usage of tap water. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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