Water contamination (Lancashire) - Page 5

Margaret Pilkington · 26-08-2015, 10:48

Yes of course what you say is true, but you must realise that investors don't only draw money out...or get paid dividends, but they put money into the utilities....and much of the pipework should have been dealt with when it was in public ownership......but the fact was...it wasn't. Mainly because governments didn't want to spend money on such things.
You have to have a balanced view...you cannot tar all investors with the same brush....there MAY be millionaires making money, but there are also very many little people like me, who rely on investments done by fund managers of pension companies to ensure that our pensions make life worth living.....and you are right....no-one cares about pensions until it is time to get one......then it matters far more than many people realise.

Neil · 26-08-2015, 18:36

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Originally Posted by cashman

aye but no children in em,surely adults know better? if not they aint fit to be in em.

They have kids in them as well. Schools have things going on in the holidays

MrPastry · 28-08-2015, 12:16

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Originally Posted by Barrie Yates

Thinking on exactly the same lines as you DinG - I wonder how many people on here have ever been to Blackpool and drunk tap water?

Me I love me Lancashire tea.

cashman · 28-08-2015, 12:22

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Originally Posted by Neil

They have kids in them as well. Schools have things going on in the holidays

What percentage of the normal are these kids in em? nowhere near a full school i bet, can the adults in these schools not even educate a few? I'm beginning to wonder the line your taking Neil.

Neil · 28-08-2015, 20:09

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Originally Posted by cashman

What percentage of the normal are these kids in em? nowhere near a full school i bet, can the adults in these schools not even educate a few? I'm beginning to wonder the line your taking Neil.

Only that he was laughing at the spokesperson saying "Don't they know it's school holidays". Obviously the spokesperson knows the schools are open during the holidays.

gpick24 · 28-08-2015, 21:00

Wouldn't it be up to each school whether they were open or closed, not LCC?

Accyexplorer · 03-09-2015, 16:12

Looks like United Utilties have decided to start paying out:-

Lancashire water bug: Compensation of up to £60 'a disgrace', says MP - BBC News

I can kinda understand £60 for a residential property but for business's that have lost thousands £60 is a bit of a joke imo.
I guess it shows how much the shareholders think of those folk who have been effected by this.

accyman · 03-09-2015, 20:40

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Paul Maynard, Conservative MP for Blackpool North and Cleveleys, warned United Utilities: "I would be very disappointed if [customers] receive a cheque for this amount only for their bills to go up by the same amount next year.

more or less what i said they will do

give with one hand and take away with the other

a bit like politicians such as himself do

Mick · 04-09-2015, 16:48

Just ran the cold tap and the water has a brown tinge to it anyone else got this ?
I am in the BB5 area

Retlaw · 04-09-2015, 19:13

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Originally Posted by Mick

Just ran the cold tap and the water has a brown tinge to it anyone else got this ?
I am in the BB5 area

Mick you can get that if the Fire Brigade have been using a hydrant near you, the sudden fast flow of water trough a hydrant can stir the Sh1tte that sticks to the walls of the mains, its mostly brown algae.

Retlaw · 04-09-2015, 19:25

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Originally Posted by accyman

last week the local rag said water from manure from farms in blackburn had got into the system

chlorine might not be able to kill it as they say but it shouldnt have got in to the system in the first place

personally i dont think they know themselves how its happened and they certainly dont seem to know how to fix it

It must hve been one hell of dump to contaminate so many millions of gallons of water. If gas and lecky leaked like water we would have been blown to ell and back and some of the gas and leck pipe work is near as old as water mains, in some places older. Sheer incompetence in most cases. Its about time some one in power decided just how much profit these utilities need to make to operate efficiently, and then force them to stick to that, and less of the variable tariffs, its all travelling down the same wires and pipes.

Mick · 05-09-2015, 05:07

Thanks Retlow looked it up on there website
It's now running clear again

RainbowSix · 07-09-2015, 15:01

Your bills have just been agreed upon for the next 5 years, so they will not go up to cover this.
In 5 years maybe....

If you have been boiling your drinking water for the past few weeks it is unlikely that you actually spent £60 on electricity.
See https://blog.npower.com/2013/02/ever...s-cost-to-run/

Margaret Pilkington · 07-09-2015, 15:17

You may not have spent £60 on the electricity, but what about the time and effort involved.
I f you normally just turn on the tap for a drink of cold water, then you cannot just do that, the water has to be boiled, allowed to go cold and then chilled......cleaning your teeth too....you have to boil the water or buy the bottled stuff.
It is the inconvenience that is caused as well.