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Potable water: Reducing its wastage in Britain: [`]You never know the worth of water until the well is dry' (Scottish proverb)

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  • Jones, J.L.P.
  • Probert, S.D.
  • Hall, A.D.

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Britain's water-supply system suffers from profligate wastage. This report describes the water-resource management policies which have evolved to rectify this situation. In the consumer sector, one of the major water-wasting appliances is the self-flushing cistern, which serves urinals. For the gentlemen's lavatory investigated experimentally, it has been demonstrated that more than 87% of the water used could have been saved by relatively cheap methods, while still complying with the minimum flushing requirements, as set out in section 7 of B.S. 6465.

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  • Jones, J.L.P. & Probert, S.D. & Hall, A.D., 1987. "Potable water: Reducing its wastage in Britain: [`]You never know the worth of water until the well is dry' (Scottish proverb)," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 27(4), pages 251-287.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:appene:v:27:y:1987:i:4:p:251-287
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