Simple, but highly effective Last week I suffered a common complaint from siphon toilets – that of the failure of the diaphragm. The diaphragm is the only thing that can go wrong with siphon toilets – in most systems it …
Older toilets use all the water in the cistern when flushed Upcycling is a great new fad. It is even better when you can make something even more efficient than it was before. One of the biggest users of water …
Can I upcycle a toilet and make it more efficient? Read more »
Greywater is waste water from showers, baths, washbasins, washing machines and kitchen sinks. You can collect it from some or all of these sources and, after treatment, use around the home for purposes that do not require drinking water quality …
I think that people are starting to wake up to the fact that, even in Wales, we have a water shortage. Admittedly the SE of the UK fares worse than the fresh and green west, but water is growing in …
We often forget that water has an embodied energy (all that pumping around the system and then cleaning it all up afterwards) and so it is a resource that we need to look after. But how best to do this? …
We think that there is plenty of water in Wales, but with the expansion of mass building projects in the SE of England, how long will it be before there is a National Grid for water? With the climate also …
