> They way they make profit is to degrade service and raise prices. No one is going to install a competing water system.
So that other technologies, like rainfall capture systems and water filtration systems can be become financially viable through economies of scale. If you have a roof you can top up water tanks, water filtration systems clean the water and can recycle the water. Reverse Osmosis filtration which deionises the water is about as pure as you can get, so pure nothing can grow in it, which is why colony forming units (CFU's) aka TVC's are so low, lower than spring water.
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>The Economist has a political bent,
Whilst its easy to say, privatise problems, Thames water has its own unique problems, but when looking at something like the coal miners, what did it do? It shifted people away from using coal to other less large airborne particulate laden forms of fossil fuel, the latest being air source heat pumps 1w in 4watts out at best, solar power 15-22% efficiency, and nuclear with the debate over the use of different nuclear fuels, like plutonium and thorium. Sort by Specific Energy (MJ/Kg) at this link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_density#In_nuclear_reac...
Anyway some things are engineered including things in the news like Thames Water.... Someone's getting a shake down!
So that other technologies, like rainfall capture systems and water filtration systems can be become financially viable through economies of scale. If you have a roof you can top up water tanks, water filtration systems clean the water and can recycle the water. Reverse Osmosis filtration which deionises the water is about as pure as you can get, so pure nothing can grow in it, which is why colony forming units (CFU's) aka TVC's are so low, lower than spring water.
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/spring-water-rules-for-local-aut...
This article explains why Thames Water is in the news. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/shortcuts/poll/2013/... "after 2025, Thames Water believes more drastic measures will be needed"
Not long to go.... standby for some more "engineered" news.
>The Economist has a political bent,
Whilst its easy to say, privatise problems, Thames water has its own unique problems, but when looking at something like the coal miners, what did it do? It shifted people away from using coal to other less large airborne particulate laden forms of fossil fuel, the latest being air source heat pumps 1w in 4watts out at best, solar power 15-22% efficiency, and nuclear with the debate over the use of different nuclear fuels, like plutonium and thorium. Sort by Specific Energy (MJ/Kg) at this link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_density#In_nuclear_reac...
Anyway some things are engineered including things in the news like Thames Water.... Someone's getting a shake down!