Dave, of course you're entitled to your opinion, and i wouldn't want to quash your beliefs that everything is down to profits and priveate companies, if that's what you really want to convince yourself of fella!
"At least work at, or try to resolve these issues". I think you will find that actually, their main aim in life, the thing they truly work hard at, is maximising their company profits
Absolutely right Dave, well done chap! The thing is, is how do you think they achieve that? And what do you think the easiest way to achieve that is? Hmm, it's not a rocket science answer, but it is one that people try and skirt around, because the fact of the matter is, is that the more efficient the system and the network, the less loss ( of treated water) and the less wasteage for everyone. I appreciate that that's a hard concept for some people to take fella
but there it is.
There is unfortunately a huge requirement for capital investment. This is to accomodate the increase in population, both domestic and imigration fuelled. And an ever increasing demand on a constantly limited resource. Thankfully there are a lot of companies that are manufacturing water wise/ conscious devices, but unfortunately no one has told them that you and a lot of other people don't think that they are allowed to make a profit, chap, and charge quite a lot for them. Oh well.
Right, lets not clear up, but establish something rather integral and important here.
What we are moaning about is the millions of gallons lost EVERY DAY to leakage from the water companies own ancient, chronically under maintained pipework system. We are moaning because instead of investing some of the record profits they declare each year into renewing that crumbling network, and thus putting a stop to their own criminal wastage, the people running these companies use it instead to pay vast bonuses to themselves.
Where do you think the leakage, and the leaking system came from fella? Was inherited from?
I know, because it's convenient and bugger me, because they make a profit fella, lets blame them!!!
Or we could look at how long they have been in the ground, and how long they have required massive investment for rehabilitation, and renewal. What do you think chap? Should we attribute all the leakage and the state of the networks on the private ( profit making) companies and their directors?
Because surely it's all their fault isn't it?
Or, perhaps for those with a little bit of understanding and expansive though trains on the subject, can see that this hasn't just started happening???
Bizarre fella
don't you think? I'm most certainly not condoning the salaries, or the propaganda that some of the companies promote, and indeed deliver. The fact, and let's appreciate that word....... fact, of the matter, is that the private companies have invested ( to help make a profit
) huge amounts of money in trying to save the system we have, and improve it. Improve it for themselves and improve it for supply, leakage, waste and everything else.
So, lets keep banging on about private companies and not mention years, decades and in some cases, centuries of government neglect and profiteering. Or is that not acceptable because we're not laynig the blame at the feet of capitalism? Neglect in the past is ok, because now we've got someone who openly shows a profit ( and let's not even try to imagine that the government never made a profit, either on the sale of the service, or indeed the sale of the companies!!), we've got a target we can focus on, chap!!
I know that it's easier to bury our heads, and blame people making a profit. They sit with their heads up and in the firing line. Yes, they make profit, and sometimes a lot of it. I'm not saying i agree with it.
I certainly don't agree with the leakage, or waste. Both of which have been dramatically cut in recent years. But, again, easy to overlook. Let's just keep focusing on the profit makers. Very naive thinking fella, but of course you're entitled to it.
A few things that may be worth considering.
If you can construct a hydraulic system, that's capable of delivering, and maintaining a regulated, high pressure with varying demand....... without having a leakage allowance built in, please let me know. I'll make huge profits as well. And seeing as we know how to use Google chap, try having a look at how much water, water companies put into the river systems?
Dave, seriously, i'm not blinded by the propaganda, or influenced by anything i can't see, or believe. But then neither am i naive enough not to see the profits that the companies are making. If, as you say, you checked on line, try checking the difference in profit margin between the UK and Europe, and then the UK and the US. Bloody hell!!! I'd like to own a water company here as well!!! If the government are going to continue to allow these margins.
There is blame, and some of it is attributal to the foreign companies that are allowed to own British infrastructure assets.
But lets look at where the problem started, and who is really at fault. And indeed who is doing more than anyone has done in the last two hundred years to improve the situation. Makes for more interesting reading, and more understanding.
