The water is wide, I cannot swim oooooooover

We are not in the affected area but Thames Water do supply our water and it does seem to be in short supply right now.

Water-saving measures we have recently undertaken:

• Using a dishwasher instead of washing dishes by hand (saving about 20 litres a day, which is embarrassing)


• Rob and Linnea bath together


• Rainwater from the paddling pool was used to water the garden when it was too icky to paddle in any more


• R+L had a soapless bath and the water was used for the paddling pool, with lots of salt in so that it will take longer to go icky


• More leftover bathwater was used for watering the garden


• I left the plug in when I had a shower to we can use the revolting soapy water for something like loo-flushing if we find another bucket

I really am annoyed that we don't have lots of information from Thames Water about greywater flushing and how to set it up - it can't be that complicated. We've ordered a waterbutt with the bits and pieces for fitting it but the waiting list is long.

The big problems, as far as I can tell, here where we are, are landfill waste and water usage. I wish the people who manage these things - the people I pay are the council and Thames Water - would tell me what I can do to stop making it any worse than I have to.