• Brits Warned Drinking Water Could Run Out Due to Mass Migration

    From BTR1701@21:1/5 to All on Sat May 31 17:30:06 2025
    I love how "cups of tea" is the metric for measuring water in the UK.

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    https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/35158533/drinking-water-run-out-ten-years-mass-immigration/

    Mass immigration means areas of Britain face running out of drinking water in just ten years, ministers have warned. Fears over shortages have forced Environment Secretary Steve Reed to seize control of the planning system and push through two new giant reservoirs.

    The emergency projects in East Anglia and Lincolnshire have been declared "nationally significant", stripping local authorities of the power to stop them. New laws will also fast-track all future reservoirs, cutting red tape,
    as Britain races to keep the taps on.

    The Government admitted rapid population growth, crumbling infrastructure and climate pressure are all pushing the country towards a water supply crisis.
    Net migration has halved over the past year to 431,000-- but only after
    hitting a record 906,000 in 2023.

    Water Minister Emma Hardy said: "Britain is running out of drinking water. We are taking these unprecedented steps to get reservoirs built and secure our drinking water supplies for the decades to come."

    The Lincolnshire reservoir, south of Sleaford, will pump out 166 million
    litres a day, enough for 500,000 homes or 664 million cups of tea, and the
    Fens reservoir, near Chatteris and March, Cambridgeshire, will supply
    87million litres to 250,000 homes in Britain's driest region. Thousands of homes in areas such as Cambridge and north Sussex are blocked from being built owing to water shortages and a dry spring has already depleted reservoirs. Haweswater in Cumbria is so low the outline of a village flooded to create it in 1939 has been revealed.

    The two new reservoirs are part of a wider plan to create nine new sites, supplying an extra 670million litres of water a day across England.

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  • From Rhino@21:1/5 to All on Sat May 31 14:03:57 2025
    On 2025-05-31 1:46 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On May 31, 2025 at 10:37:51 AM PDT, "Rhino" <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:

    On 2025-05-31 1:30 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    I love how "cups of tea" is the metric for measuring water in the UK.

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    https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/35158533/drinking-water-run-out-ten-years-mass-immigration/

    Mass immigration means areas of Britain face running out of drinking water
    in
    just ten years, ministers have warned. Fears over shortages have forced >>> Environment Secretary Steve Reed to seize control of the planning system and
    push through two new giant reservoirs.

    The emergency projects in East Anglia and Lincolnshire have been declared >>> "nationally significant", stripping local authorities of the power to stop
    them. New laws will also fast-track all future reservoirs, cutting red tape,
    as Britain races to keep the taps on.

    The Government admitted rapid population growth, crumbling infrastructure >>> and
    climate pressure are all pushing the country towards a water supply crisis.
    Net migration has halved over the past year to 431,000-- but only after >>> hitting a record 906,000 in 2023.

    Water Minister Emma Hardy said: "Britain is running out of drinking water.
    We
    are taking these unprecedented steps to get reservoirs built and secure our
    drinking water supplies for the decades to come."

    The Lincolnshire reservoir, south of Sleaford, will pump out 166 million >>> litres a day, enough for 500,000 homes or 664 million cups of tea, and the
    Fens reservoir, near Chatteris and March, Cambridgeshire, will supply
    87million litres to 250,000 homes in Britain's driest region. Thousands of
    homes in areas such as Cambridge and north Sussex are blocked from being >>> built
    owing to water shortages and a dry spring has already depleted reservoirs.
    Haweswater in Cumbria is so low the outline of a village flooded to create
    it
    in 1939 has been revealed.

    The two new reservoirs are part of a wider plan to create nine new sites, >>> supplying an extra 670million litres of water a day across England.


    They could save a LOT of money by deporting the new arrivals back to
    their home countries (or other "safe" countries). The pressure on the
    water supply would lessen, the enormous expense of housing them in posh
    hotels and giving them all kinds of social benefits would be cut and the
    resentment of native Brits that the new arrivals had it a lot better
    than they do would vanish. But hey, it's more important to be
    "non-racist" so they spend hundreds of millions of pounds to build new
    reservoirs.

    What's next? Desalination plants when the reservoirs can't keep up with
    demand?

    No, you can't build those-- at least not in California-- because that would solve the water problem and take away the 'drought is climate change' boogeyman from the politicians. If we had plentiful drinking water and fire-fighting water, they couldn't control us as easily. So we're told that despite living right next to trillions of gallons of water, and despite them working in countries all over the world, desalination plants are a no-go because a fish or a snail might get sucked into the intake pipe and have a bad
    day.


    Somebody should look up how many species have already gone extinct in
    the 4.5 billion years since this planet formed and share that
    information with the California legislature. (At least a credible
    estimate since I expect there have already been many species that came
    and went without us ever encountering them and without leaving fossils.)

    I just don't see the loss of a few fish or snails or whatever as that catastrophic. It's not ideal from a moral point of view for anything to
    be killed by acts of commission or of omission but letting millions of
    people run out of water isn't very moral either.

    --
    Rhino

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  • From Rhino@21:1/5 to All on Sat May 31 13:37:51 2025
    On 2025-05-31 1:30 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    I love how "cups of tea" is the metric for measuring water in the UK.

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    https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/35158533/drinking-water-run-out-ten-years-mass-immigration/

    Mass immigration means areas of Britain face running out of drinking water in just ten years, ministers have warned. Fears over shortages have forced Environment Secretary Steve Reed to seize control of the planning system and push through two new giant reservoirs.

    The emergency projects in East Anglia and Lincolnshire have been declared "nationally significant", stripping local authorities of the power to stop them. New laws will also fast-track all future reservoirs, cutting red tape, as Britain races to keep the taps on.

    The Government admitted rapid population growth, crumbling infrastructure and climate pressure are all pushing the country towards a water supply crisis. Net migration has halved over the past year to 431,000-- but only after hitting a record 906,000 in 2023.

    Water Minister Emma Hardy said: "Britain is running out of drinking water. We are taking these unprecedented steps to get reservoirs built and secure our drinking water supplies for the decades to come."

    The Lincolnshire reservoir, south of Sleaford, will pump out 166 million litres a day, enough for 500,000 homes or 664 million cups of tea, and the Fens reservoir, near Chatteris and March, Cambridgeshire, will supply 87million litres to 250,000 homes in Britain's driest region. Thousands of homes in areas such as Cambridge and north Sussex are blocked from being built
    owing to water shortages and a dry spring has already depleted reservoirs. Haweswater in Cumbria is so low the outline of a village flooded to create it in 1939 has been revealed.

    The two new reservoirs are part of a wider plan to create nine new sites, supplying an extra 670million litres of water a day across England.


    They could save a LOT of money by deporting the new arrivals back to
    their home countries (or other "safe" countries). The pressure on the
    water supply would lessen, the enormous expense of housing them in posh
    hotels and giving them all kinds of social benefits would be cut and the resentment of native Brits that the new arrivals had it a lot better
    than they do would vanish. But hey, it's more important to be
    "non-racist" so they spend hundreds of millions of pounds to build new reservoirs.

    What's next? Desalination plants when the reservoirs can't keep up with
    demand?

    --
    Rhino

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  • From BTR1701@21:1/5 to All on Sat May 31 17:46:38 2025
    On May 31, 2025 at 10:37:51 AM PDT, "Rhino" <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:

    On 2025-05-31 1:30 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    I love how "cups of tea" is the metric for measuring water in the UK.

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    https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/35158533/drinking-water-run-out-ten-years-mass-immigration/

    Mass immigration means areas of Britain face running out of drinking water >> in
    just ten years, ministers have warned. Fears over shortages have forced
    Environment Secretary Steve Reed to seize control of the planning system and
    push through two new giant reservoirs.

    The emergency projects in East Anglia and Lincolnshire have been declared >> "nationally significant", stripping local authorities of the power to stop >> them. New laws will also fast-track all future reservoirs, cutting red tape,
    as Britain races to keep the taps on.

    The Government admitted rapid population growth, crumbling infrastructure >> and
    climate pressure are all pushing the country towards a water supply crisis. >> Net migration has halved over the past year to 431,000-- but only after
    hitting a record 906,000 in 2023.

    Water Minister Emma Hardy said: "Britain is running out of drinking water. >> We
    are taking these unprecedented steps to get reservoirs built and secure our >> drinking water supplies for the decades to come."

    The Lincolnshire reservoir, south of Sleaford, will pump out 166 million
    litres a day, enough for 500,000 homes or 664 million cups of tea, and the >> Fens reservoir, near Chatteris and March, Cambridgeshire, will supply
    87million litres to 250,000 homes in Britain's driest region. Thousands of >> homes in areas such as Cambridge and north Sussex are blocked from being
    built
    owing to water shortages and a dry spring has already depleted reservoirs. >> Haweswater in Cumbria is so low the outline of a village flooded to create >> it
    in 1939 has been revealed.

    The two new reservoirs are part of a wider plan to create nine new sites, >> supplying an extra 670million litres of water a day across England.


    They could save a LOT of money by deporting the new arrivals back to
    their home countries (or other "safe" countries). The pressure on the
    water supply would lessen, the enormous expense of housing them in posh hotels and giving them all kinds of social benefits would be cut and the resentment of native Brits that the new arrivals had it a lot better
    than they do would vanish. But hey, it's more important to be
    "non-racist" so they spend hundreds of millions of pounds to build new reservoirs.

    What's next? Desalination plants when the reservoirs can't keep up with demand?

    No, you can't build those-- at least not in California-- because that would solve the water problem and take away the 'drought is climate change'
    boogeyman from the politicians. If we had plentiful drinking water and fire-fighting water, they couldn't control us as easily. So we're told that despite living right next to trillions of gallons of water, and despite them working in countries all over the world, desalination plants are a no-go because a fish or a snail might get sucked into the intake pipe and have a bad day.

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  • From BTR1701@21:1/5 to All on Sat May 31 18:13:38 2025
    On May 31, 2025 at 11:03:57 AM PDT, "Rhino" <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:

    On 2025-05-31 1:46 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On May 31, 2025 at 10:37:51 AM PDT, "Rhino" <no_offline_contact@example.com>
    wrote:

    On 2025-05-31 1:30 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    I love how "cups of tea" is the metric for measuring water in the UK. >>>>
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    https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/35158533/drinking-water-run-out-ten-years-mass-immigration/

    Mass immigration means areas of Britain face running out of drinking water
    in
    just ten years, ministers have warned. Fears over shortages have forced >>>> Environment Secretary Steve Reed to seize control of the planning
    system and
    push through two new giant reservoirs.

    The emergency projects in East Anglia and Lincolnshire have been declared
    "nationally significant", stripping local authorities of the power to stop
    them. New laws will also fast-track all future reservoirs, cutting red >>>> tape,
    as Britain races to keep the taps on.

    The Government admitted rapid population growth, crumbling infrastructure
    and
    climate pressure are all pushing the country towards a water supply >>>> crisis.
    Net migration has halved over the past year to 431,000-- but only after >>>> hitting a record 906,000 in 2023.

    Water Minister Emma Hardy said: "Britain is running out of drinking water.
    We
    are taking these unprecedented steps to get reservoirs built and secure >>>> our
    drinking water supplies for the decades to come."

    The Lincolnshire reservoir, south of Sleaford, will pump out 166 million
    litres a day, enough for 500,000 homes or 664 million cups of tea, and the
    Fens reservoir, near Chatteris and March, Cambridgeshire, will supply >>>> 87million litres to 250,000 homes in Britain's driest region. Thousands of
    homes in areas such as Cambridge and north Sussex are blocked from being
    built
    owing to water shortages and a dry spring has already depleted reservoirs.
    Haweswater in Cumbria is so low the outline of a village flooded to create
    it
    in 1939 has been revealed.

    The two new reservoirs are part of a wider plan to create nine new sites,
    supplying an extra 670million litres of water a day across England. >>>>

    They could save a LOT of money by deporting the new arrivals back to
    their home countries (or other "safe" countries). The pressure on the
    water supply would lessen, the enormous expense of housing them in posh >>> hotels and giving them all kinds of social benefits would be cut and the >>> resentment of native Brits that the new arrivals had it a lot better
    than they do would vanish. But hey, it's more important to be
    "non-racist" so they spend hundreds of millions of pounds to build new
    reservoirs.

    What's next? Desalination plants when the reservoirs can't keep up with >>> demand?

    No, you can't build those-- at least not in California-- because that would >> solve the water problem and take away the 'drought is climate change'
    boogeyman from the politicians. If we had plentiful drinking water and
    fire-fighting water, they couldn't control us as easily. So we're told that >> despite living right next to trillions of gallons of water, and despite them
    working in countries all over the world, desalination plants are a no-go
    because a fish or a snail might get sucked into the intake pipe and have a >> bad
    day.

    Somebody should look up how many species have already gone extinct in
    the 4.5 billion years since this planet formed and share that
    information with the California legislature.

    Waste of time. They don't care. They just *say* they care because it gives
    them power over us. Power and control is the real goal here. Do you honestly think Gavvy Newsom cares about some ugly mudfish flopping about in the Central Valley? Of course not. But he does care about the power that mudfish gives him over everyone that lives there.

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  • From Rhino@21:1/5 to All on Sat May 31 14:26:59 2025
    On 2025-05-31 2:13 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On May 31, 2025 at 11:03:57 AM PDT, "Rhino" <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:

    On 2025-05-31 1:46 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On May 31, 2025 at 10:37:51 AM PDT, "Rhino" <no_offline_contact@example.com>
    wrote:

    On 2025-05-31 1:30 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    I love how "cups of tea" is the metric for measuring water in the UK. >>>>>
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    https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/35158533/drinking-water-run-out-ten-years-mass-immigration/

    Mass immigration means areas of Britain face running out of drinking water
    in
    just ten years, ministers have warned. Fears over shortages have forced
    Environment Secretary Steve Reed to seize control of the planning >>>>> system and
    push through two new giant reservoirs.

    The emergency projects in East Anglia and Lincolnshire have been declared
    "nationally significant", stripping local authorities of the power to stop
    them. New laws will also fast-track all future reservoirs, cutting red
    tape,
    as Britain races to keep the taps on.

    The Government admitted rapid population growth, crumbling infrastructure
    and
    climate pressure are all pushing the country towards a water supply >>>>> crisis.
    Net migration has halved over the past year to 431,000-- but only after
    hitting a record 906,000 in 2023.

    Water Minister Emma Hardy said: "Britain is running out of drinking water.
    We
    are taking these unprecedented steps to get reservoirs built and secure
    our
    drinking water supplies for the decades to come."

    The Lincolnshire reservoir, south of Sleaford, will pump out 166 million
    litres a day, enough for 500,000 homes or 664 million cups of tea, and the
    Fens reservoir, near Chatteris and March, Cambridgeshire, will supply >>>>> 87million litres to 250,000 homes in Britain's driest region. Thousands of
    homes in areas such as Cambridge and north Sussex are blocked from being
    built
    owing to water shortages and a dry spring has already depleted reservoirs.
    Haweswater in Cumbria is so low the outline of a village flooded to create
    it
    in 1939 has been revealed.

    The two new reservoirs are part of a wider plan to create nine new sites,
    supplying an extra 670million litres of water a day across England. >>>>>

    They could save a LOT of money by deporting the new arrivals back to >>>> their home countries (or other "safe" countries). The pressure on the >>>> water supply would lessen, the enormous expense of housing them in posh >>>> hotels and giving them all kinds of social benefits would be cut and the >>>> resentment of native Brits that the new arrivals had it a lot better >>>> than they do would vanish. But hey, it's more important to be
    "non-racist" so they spend hundreds of millions of pounds to build new >>>> reservoirs.

    What's next? Desalination plants when the reservoirs can't keep up with >>>> demand?

    No, you can't build those-- at least not in California-- because that would
    solve the water problem and take away the 'drought is climate change'
    boogeyman from the politicians. If we had plentiful drinking water and >>> fire-fighting water, they couldn't control us as easily. So we're told that
    despite living right next to trillions of gallons of water, and despite them
    working in countries all over the world, desalination plants are a no-go >>> because a fish or a snail might get sucked into the intake pipe and have a
    bad
    day.

    Somebody should look up how many species have already gone extinct in
    the 4.5 billion years since this planet formed and share that
    information with the California legislature.

    Waste of time. They don't care. They just *say* they care because it gives them power over us. Power and control is the real goal here. Do you honestly think Gavvy Newsom cares about some ugly mudfish flopping about in the Central
    Valley? Of course not. But he does care about the power that mudfish gives him
    over everyone that lives there.


    That little ember of idealism I have left wants to argue with you but
    I've had enough exposure to reality to know that you're right. The
    leftist politicians just use environmentalism, feminism, racial
    sensitivities, etc. to acquire and exercise power for their own
    aggrandizement. They have no principles beyond that. (And rightist
    politicians are largely the same; they just use different levers, like religious fundamentalism, anti-immigrant sentiment, etc. to motivate
    THEIR voters.)

    As a wise man once said, politicians need to be changed often like
    diapers - and for the same reason.

    --
    Rhino

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  • From Adam H. Kerman@21:1/5 to atropos@mac.com on Sat May 31 19:32:31 2025
    BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:

    I love how "cups of tea" is the metric for measuring water in the UK.

    I doubt very much it's population growth. It's obviously small-scale California-style water mismanagement and failure to replace
    infrastructure that needed replacement decades ago.

    I love that the national government swoops in to dramatically "seize
    control", shifting government incompetence from the local to the
    national level. But they're all irresponsible idiots.

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    https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/35158533/drinking-water-run-out-ten-years-mass-immigration/

    Mass immigration means areas of Britain face running out of drinking water in >just ten years, ministers have warned. Fears over shortages have forced >Environment Secretary Steve Reed to seize control of the planning system and >push through two new giant reservoirs.

    The emergency projects in East Anglia and Lincolnshire have been declared >"nationally significant", stripping local authorities of the power to stop >them. New laws will also fast-track all future reservoirs, cutting red tape, >as Britain races to keep the taps on.

    The Government admitted rapid population growth, crumbling infrastructure and >climate pressure are all pushing the country towards a water supply crisis. >Net migration has halved over the past year to 431,000-- but only after >hitting a record 906,000 in 2023.

    Water Minister Emma Hardy said: "Britain is running out of drinking water. We >are taking these unprecedented steps to get reservoirs built and secure our >drinking water supplies for the decades to come."

    The Lincolnshire reservoir, south of Sleaford, will pump out 166 million >litres a day, enough for 500,000 homes or 664 million cups of tea, and the >Fens reservoir, near Chatteris and March, Cambridgeshire, will supply >87million litres to 250,000 homes in Britain's driest region. Thousands of >homes in areas such as Cambridge and north Sussex are blocked from being built >owing to water shortages and a dry spring has already depleted reservoirs. >Haweswater in Cumbria is so low the outline of a village flooded to create it >in 1939 has been revealed.

    The two new reservoirs are part of a wider plan to create nine new sites, >supplying an extra 670million litres of water a day across England.

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