The problem with the water grid isn't the pipework primarily but the pumping costs. A cubic metre of water weighs a metric ton, and that's a long way to move it. The practicalities of this water then appearing at your tap aren't straightforward either. The raw water would then have to pushed through existing treatment facilities, where it would probably have a completely different mineral make up to the existing water source. The treatment process would have to be rejigged constantly to match the mix of native and foreign raw water. All very expensive.
In effect much of the water used down south starts up north anyway, the old saying in the industry is that London drinks Welsh mountain water filtered through the kidneys of Brummies!
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The problem with the water grid isn't the pipework primarily but the pumping costs. A cubic metre of water weighs a metric ton, and that's a long way to move it. The practicalities of this water then appearing at your tap aren't straightforward either. The raw water would then have to pushed through existing treatment facilities, where it would probably have a completely different mineral make up to the existing water source. The treatment process would have to be rejigged constantly to match the mix of native and foreign raw water. All very expensive. In effect much of the water used down south starts up north anyway, the old saying in the industry is that London drinks Welsh mountain water filtered through the kidneys of Brummies!