How Water Softeners Improves Shower Experience

Nobody likes to have a shower with a weak water flow. Not only is it impossible to wash shampoo or conditioner out when the power is not forceful enough, but it simply does not wake you up and invigorate you in the same way that a strong shower would.  If you’re fed...

Water Company Fines Will Be Used To Improve Environment

The government has unveiled plans to use money from water company fines for environmental improvements around the UK.  Currently, the money accrued from fines for polluting rivers and seas are returned to the Treasury. However, these will now be ringfenced for the...

What Makes Water Sources Harder Than Others?

If you see two glasses of water, it is impossible to tell the difference between the two. However, one of these glasses of water is very different from the other, and contains minerals that the other does not contain. Hard water and soft water have their uses but for...

EA Encourages Brits To Drink Reprocessed Sewage Water

Britons should get used to drinking reprocessed sewage water as this might be the way of the future, according to the Environment Agency (EA).  Head of the organisation Sir James Bevan wrote in the Sunday Times that people need to “change the way they think about...

Does Hard Water Cost More To Heat?

The cost-of-living crisis has been on everyone’s radar for the last couple of months, and Brits have already seen their household bills soar. So, it might be interesting to know those living in hard water areas could be spending more on heating their water than...

Where Britain’s Water Is Hardest

It is well known that the majority of Britain’s population lives in ‘hard water’ areas. These are mostly in the southern half of the country and as this contains London and its hinterland, as well as Birmingham, it may come as little surprise that this accounts for 60...

River Sewage Problem ‘Needs Tackling’

The government has admitted there is a growing problem of sewage in British rivers, and is hoping to tackle this issue to make UK waterways safer for the public. Earlier this week, chief medical officer for England Chris Whitty, Ofwat chair Jonson Cox, and Environment...

The Story Of The World’s Worst Bottled Water Launch

What do the hard water area of Sidcup, the world’s largest soft drinks company and a famous episode of Only Fools and Horses have in common? The most infamous product launch disaster in UK history. In hard water areas when a block salt softener isn’t used, quite a few...

Data Highlights Thames Water Sewage Problem

Thames Water released raw sewage into the River Thames and surrounding waterways more than 5,000 times last year, having a huge impact on water quality for residents who use its water supply. The Oxford Rivers Improvement Campaign (ORIC) revealed it has looked at data...

Why The Chiltern Chalk Downs Are A Mixed Blessing

Anyone living in Berkshire will be at least a little familiar with the chalk downs that characterise so much of the landscape in the county and its neighbours, such as Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire. This has both pros and cons for residents. On the plus side, much...