The Hot is on its way

It’s feeling nearly chilly here now, only 17°C.

Was only 29 today. So that's 6 days of 29 or above. Highest was 33.

It's dropped below 20 now. Hopefully I can get the bedroom under 25 by the morning.

The walls feel warm. In the winter when they are so cold it is hard to imagine them being warm, in the summer it is hard to imagine them being cold. I wish we could swap them over.

I expect we'll have at least another 2 or 3 hot spells.

I wonder when the hosepipe bans will start.

I think some people in Kent don't have any water due to supply problems. That isn't good as it's not even summer yet. 

Homebird said:

we got emails on some of the hot days to say that the water was being used faster than they could pump it, so please only use it for essentials during this time. 

That's a good idea.

My neighbour doesn't seem bothered by the cost of water. We use watering cans and water butts. They use a hose and turn a sprinkler on for hours on their grass. They also use a jet wash a lot.

Years ago when there was not much rain they would say there is a hosepipe ban, but now there are a lot more properties they don't bother. 

They don't build more water supply, reservoirs, because it costs money. Also planning permission is too hard, too lengthy and construction too overpriced.

So they meter it and put up charges to constrain demand.

The fundamental problem is overbuilding and not linking building to infrastructure.

That's hard if the water supply is tricky, as when it's hot you often need it more.

Homebird said:

I think consumption will be a problem in many places in future because they are building lots of large new estates.

That is a very good point. There is often a lot of talk about building new houses, but you don’t hear them talking as much on these major infrastructure needs to go along with them? Like water systems.

I remember, we used to live in Leamington, and they were building (probably built now), over 2000 new houses. They did build a new primary school too, but in the end it was small and didn't even fulfil the need of the new houses they built part way through development. 

That's hard if the water supply is tricky, as when it's hot you often need it more.

Homebird said:

I think consumption will be a problem in many places in future because they are building lots of large new estates.

That is a very good point. There is often a lot of talk about building new houses, but you don’t hear them talking as much on these major infrastructure needs to go along with them? Like water systems.

I remember, we used to live in Leamington, and they were building (probably built now), over 2000 new houses. They did build a new primary school too, but in the end it was small and didn't even fulfil the need of the new houses they built part way through development. 

My neighbour doesn't seem bothered by the cost of water. We use watering cans and water butts. They use a hose and turn a sprinkler on for hours on their grass. They also use a jet wash a lot.

Years ago when there was not much rain they would say there is a hosepipe ban, but now there are a lot more properties they don't bother. 

They don't build more water supply, reservoirs, because it costs money. Also planning permission is too hard, too lengthy and construction too overpriced.

So they meter it and put up charges to constrain demand.

The fundamental problem is overbuilding and not linking building to infrastructure.