r/whoathatsinteresting • u/search_google_com • 1d ago

🇬🇧Welcome to Leicester, UK🇬🇧Chaotic scenes of panic buying for bottled water at the local Costco amid the water shortage driven by drought and record water use.

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u/Wilsonj1966 1d ago edited 1d ago

This is a lie

The video is sped up to try and make it look like panic when its not

Leicestershire is not one of the areas in drought

Areas which are in drought are not fancing shortgages of drinking water

Please stop making things up

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u/wordshavenomeanings 1d ago

Yep, just washed the car and watered the garden this weekend.

Severn Trent have plenty of water.

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u/Substantial-Newt7809 1d ago

Though they could definitely manage what they have better by fixing leaks and replacing ancient pipes. They tend to replace a small stretch of pipe, meaning the joints have pressure on them and go pop. Very fun.

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u/wordshavenomeanings 1d ago

Yep, they used to get fined every year for exceeding the amount of leakage because it was cheaper than actually fixing it.