after all this rain the water companies should have loads of stock...and most companies with surplus stock sell at lower prices
2007-06-25 09:30:05 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Environment ➔ Other - Environment
Nah, there will still be a bloody drought!!
2007-06-25 10:57:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
if they practised water harvesting maybe ,but few places do except for the big dams.
Apart from that the quality of rain water is becoming very suspect
and whatever the rains this world is still facing a mayor water shortage problem that is getting worse by the year
In Mexico people are forced to drink contaminated water ,knowing they will get sick ,because the alternative is to die from thirst ,this happens also in China ,India and Africa
here is a distribution table to explain how little water is for us to drink and 75% of that is in the ice ,And a lot of this ice is now melting and running into the sea ,changing the good sweet water to salt water.so the figures about ice are not true any more
25% of the planets surface is land
75%of the surface is salt water and it is rising
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97%of the Earths water is salt
fresh water is only 3% of all the Earths water
most of it is beyond out reach
now much ice is melting and running into the seas fresh water lost for ever.
STORAGE or Location of % of the fresh water
ice and glaziers 74%
groundwater 800 meters + 13.5 %
groundwater less than 800meters 11.o%
Lakes 0.3%
soils 0.006%
Atmospheric in circulation 0.0035%
rivers 0.03%
frozen land or permafrost is not included and represent an unavailable storage of 40%
so of the 3% about 11.6 ,is easily available to us ,in rivers, lakes and ground water surface aquifers,more and more of this is becoming contaminated
2007-06-26 03:25:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not if the moguls lining their pockets have anything to do with it! This 'service' turned into a profitable endeavor a long time ago.
If you look at the meteorology reports, you will see that we are still behind on rainfall, especially in the Pacific North West! The average has been steadily declining for a long time.
2007-06-25 17:00:44 · answer #3 · answered by cjweisser 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋
nope
There is a big difference between raw materials and finished product. Rain water is not surplus stock.
If someone was selling pieces of iron ore, malachite, rubber tree sap, and crude oil for $5000 as a "do it yourself car" would you buy it?
2007-06-25 17:29:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Unfotunately our water companies have been taken over by foreigners and they have the priority of making money. They were ours to start with and then the Government sold them off. Mr Blair was proud of the fact that foreign companies were able to buy our utilities.
2007-06-25 16:59:13 · answer #5 · answered by Birdman 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Most of there charges is for pumping and repair. Sense the electrical has gone up the water will increase also.
2007-06-25 17:39:53 · answer #6 · answered by JOHNNIE B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope, it's the wrong sort of water! The bills will probably go up as it will cost them more to clean it with chemicals and store it.
2007-06-25 16:43:38 · answer #7 · answered by ? 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
What you pay for is the treatment of the water like sewerage and drainage. But i thought this earlier today when my garden was 2 feet under water!!
2007-06-25 16:53:35 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 5⤊ 0⤋
no they will probably come out with some rubbish about having to repair rain/flood damage pipes and whatever when we really know its because the chairman wants to buy another yacht
2007-06-25 18:30:14 · answer #9 · answered by suki doo 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No because it is the treatment & supply of water that costs. Stick some buckets out & collect it yourself.
2007-06-25 16:47:14 · answer #10 · answered by Jonathan V 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Don't be silly!! They're more likely to go up to cover the cost of pollution due to all the flooding...
2007-06-25 16:38:33 · answer #11 · answered by trish b 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋