Here is something I had not considered before

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BP SD's right here. It has nothing to do with the water companies.

As far as I am aware here is no legislation obliging us to flush toilets with water company provided water. Most of us do so because we have not considered alternatives, nor for the most part do we have alternatived that will meet the high volume needs of our toilet systems.

Since the beginning of June we have been dinking only water that comes out of our Berkefeld. We have been truely surprised at how little we consume. By far our biggest use of water is bathing and the WC.

While work was being carried out on the plumbing here this last weekend, the water was cut off. Its really surpising how the family reduced its use of the toilet when it meant carrying a bucket of water 30 yards from the tank to the house each time they needed to use it.

Forget putting a brick in the cistern to reduce consumption of water, just cut of the water supply and force everyone to use a bucket of water and consumption will reduce dramatically!!!

Back on topic. I guess that I have been a kind of prepper all of my life. I grew up on the east cost and my family were affected by the big floods in late 1950s I have always paid attention to flooding ( it was engrained in my mind by my father) . Evert house I have ever purchased has neen assesed for flood risk potential. Today I live in a house cut into a hillside overlooking the rest of my little hamlet, and countryside for many miles beyond. Flood risk was one of the top priorities in chosing the place.

We consider the possibility of flood destroying our home and our preps to be a significant threat.....currently that threat is to economic survival, but in a future world that threat could be our real survival.

Se we will keep living on hilltops and continue cursing our choice when we are struggling uphill on the return cycle ride to the shop:-)