Living without a water supply

those are awesome ideas! when i went to visit my dad, his well broke. so we had to walk across the field to my aunt's house to shower and use the bathroom. we had to haul water from my dad's pond if we wanted to use his toilet and be able to flush.
it wasnt that bad though. kinda put me in touch with my little house on the prairie side, and made me really grateful for water.

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When we bought our first house in France ( for restoration), it had no bath or shower. So in the early days we put a transparent water butt up quite high, on top of a pile of building blocks, and connected a shower hose. In summer we had the most wonderful warm showers!

We quite miss those "pioneering" days!

Podshell - you say that you are collecting toilet water. Here, in UK, the bathroom water often comes from a different source (i.e. less pure) than the drinking tap water. Have you looked into this?

I don't know where you live and whether you would be able to drill right down to have your own waterwell, provided from the underground water below. Is this a possibility?

Many of the things mentioned seem to be an awful [edit: lot of trouble], and probably also expensive, way to avoid the convenience of safe, potable running water from a tap.

Originally Posted by Rin

Many of the things mentioned seem to be an awful [edit: lot of trouble], and probably also expensive, way to avoid the convenience of safe, potable running water from a tap.

Yes I agree. If you add up the cost of all that bought water....is it really worth it? I understand the principle involved here - it doesn't seem right that you have to pay in advance. However, it seems like you will be causing unnecessary hardship on yourself. How do you deal with washing clothes?

Originally Posted by amy green

I understand the principle involved here - it doesn't seem right that you have to pay in advance

Pre-paid electricity, cell phone air-time, rent, car license, in some countries radio and TV licenses, insurances, transport tickets, etc. There are many things for which we prepay without any complaints. Why should water be excluded from this?

Originally Posted by Rin

Pre-paid electricity, cell phone air-time, rent, car license, in some countries radio and TV licenses, insurances, transport tickets, etc. There are many things for which we prepay without any complaints. Why should water be excluded from this?

Rin - if you have read podshell's OP, then you will know that he is being asked to pay for a year in advance....this is not normal. His valid complaint is also that why wasn't he allocated a water meter when his neighbour was. I understand his resentment but feel he is now just making unnecessary hardship for himself by refusing to comply.

Originally Posted by amy green

Rin - if you have read podshell's OP, then you will know that he is being asked to pay for a year in advance....this is not normal. His valid complaint is also that why wasn't he allocated a water meter when his neighbour was. I understand his resentment but feel he is now just making unnecessary hardship for himself by refusing to comply.

I don't think we got the full story from the OP.

and recently after falling out with the water comp, I have requested they stop supplying my address (after being there for three years and being up to date

Why would one fall out with the supply company if one is up-to-date? What is the real dispute? A request for a meter would point to a consumption issue. If that is the case one could probably ask a certified plumber to install meter or a trickle feed device on the property.

Originally Posted by Rin

I don't think we got the full story from the OP.

Why would one fall out with the supply company if one is up-to-date? What is the real dispute? A request for a meter would point to a consumption issue. If that is the case one could probably ask a certified plumber to install meter or a trickle feed device on the property.

Yes Rin - this is a good point and I did wonder about this too.