Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
London Borough of Haringey commence water cost reduction project
H20 have been awarded a water cost reduction project for Haringey Council. The Council's £ 500,000 worth of water bills have been examined by H20 Building Services, the expert water auditors, and the savings identified are 20% + potential refunds, this represents £ 100,000 worth of savings with an estimated £ 30,000 worth of refunds.
The areas of savings are from inefficient water facilties such as toilets flushing uncontrolled to leaking tanks in allotments and water leaks on underground pipes.
H20 estimates that each local authority could reduced its water costs by between 20% – 30%.
H20 Building Services will be monitoring future water bills after implementing the savings recommendations to ensure savings are achieved and maintained.
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Permalink Reply by Alan Stanton on
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Thanks "Site Admin" for letting us know about this. Once again I'm reliant on Harringay Online for information about such positive initiatives.
If anyone wants more information the website of H²0 Building Services gives a brief description of their work with Haringey. (And reads as if the project started some time ago.)
Can I also mention a short Haringey video about schools' efforts not just to save water and energy, but involving children as part of the curriculum. Haringey Council staff (who, as far as I know, are still blocked from using YouTube) can see the video on the Council's own website. But it seems to run more slowly.)
(Tottenham Hale ward councillor)
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Permalink Reply by HoL Site Admin on
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Our pleasure, Alan, perhaps if people can see exactly what sort of things the 'backroom savings' are, they might be more interested.
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Saving water and saving money and involving children in our schools seems an obvious win-win-win.
Though being a sceptic I'd also be curious about what was done before. Because it seems that problems often stem from a lack of recording and of learning from the past.
Monitoring bills to detect high levels of consumption isn't new. Many years ago a school governor told me they'd queried the cost of a new pump used to prevent flooding from an underground stream. It turned out there was no stream; but a leak which Thames Water needed to fix.
Similarly, the video at Rowland Hill Children's Centre shows old-fashioned water butts used to store rainwater, with children watering the school's garden.
On HoL Liz Ixer linked to a TED video of Natalie Jeremijenko which included 'fire hydrant gardens' - a modern New York variation on traditional swales.
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Permalink Reply by Narendra Makanji on
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Council's bill from Thames Water has three main components- supply of clean water, the sewage services and surface water drainage. Prior to privatisation, the charge levied was a "water rate" which changed in 1989.
Thames- and the other water (& sewage) companies- are now responsible for the maintenance and upgrading of the infrastructure, which is the main cost of their business. The supply pipes, drains and sewers are mostly Victorian and are constantly in need of renewal.
The largest single usage of water is in watering the gardens and parks. If 'grey' water was used for this purpose, the volume of purified water used would be reduced - esp. for parks, playing fields etc.
Future projections are that the South-East could experience difficulties during any dry periods because of the population density. Any effort at using water wisely should be welcomed in developing a sustainable environment.
To-morrow (Friday) the companies will be unveiling increased charges; this will obviously impact adversely people on low incomes and people with larger households. Water companies have schemes to assist and should be approached by those who have difficulties in meeting their charges.
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