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28 May, 2021
With increasing pressure on water resources, can marginal gains move water supply closer to net zero? By
Steve Leigh and
Richard Leigh.
Climate change, population growth and increasingly leisure orientated lifestyles are all creating greater demand for water. This has been exacerbated by the increase in demand generated by home workers, something we expect to see becoming part of the normal working week.
Can we improve water efficiency and reduce per capita consumption?
In the UK, our water services are cheap. Although the financial cost of supplying and cleaning water is relatively low, the environmental impact is not – up to 40g of carbon is generated making a cubic metre of water ready for consumption and the same is generated in dealing with wastewater.
We asked our readers if they think disposable barbecues should be banned for parks and beaches. Here’s what you had to say. Laura Hewitt said: “Yes. Too many people who don’t take them home and also the people who don’t put them out properly and then set half the county on fire.” Lee Edmondson explained: “Well when I was travelling in Australia the councils over there had put little BBQ stations up in areas such as promenades/esplanades and parks. I’m sure they would work in the UK and Cumbria of course.” James Grymm Moore added: “No. Selfish, irresponsible people with no respect for others or the environment should be banned.”
Published:
10:16 AM February 1, 2021
Richard Leigh, from Sprowston, who will be walking a mile a day in his walker during the 2021 lockdown for the MS Therapy Centre in Norwich.
- Credit: Brittany Woodman
A former RAF radar engineer who has multiple sclerosis will be walking a mile a day during the coronavirus lockdown to help save a therapy centre.
Richard Leigh, 69, from Dovedales Court in Sprowston, hopes to raise £4,000 for the Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Therapy Centre on Hurricane Way, Norwich, where he volunteers.
Mr Leigh was diagnosed with the lifelong condition, which affects the brain and nerves, in 1997 and has a permanent limp in his left leg.