Flushing loos with lemonade in Northern Island

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LONDON: With severe water shortage crippling Northern Island, families have resorted to flushing toilets with lemonade, a media report said.
Engineers are struggling to restore water in many areas of the United Kingdom after melting ice left burst pipes. In Northern Ireland, 4,400 people were still without running water.
The supplier, Northern Ireland Water, said it could be next week before everyone is re-connected.
With shops quickly stripped of bottled water, some people have been using lemonade to keep their toilets flushed, the 'Daily Express' reported.
The Scots have donated 160,000 litres of bottled water and yesterday pledged to send more.
Northern Ireland Secretary Owen Paterson said he had made it clear that the Westminster Government was also ready to help "in any way it can".
Pressure was mounting on Northern Ireland Water. First Minister Peter Robinson said: "There has to be accountability for what has taken place and we don't think anybody could suggest NIW have covered themselves with any glory it has been shambolic."
About 3,000 properties in Thirsk, Yorkshire, were left without water yesterday after a pipe supplying a pumping station burst.
By looking at all those scenarios UK and Ireland have never have been prepared for winter.

[cactikid]

as we have never had anything like that before everybody got a shock,all the 100 year old pipework needs updating how much???and how long,things are only going to get worse i think
if you had downpipe deflectors for saving water in barrels you could use that for loos

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Last 100 years of water bill in the drain.

[daithi]

ya stick a barrel ouside and yal be laughing
the republic/nama/imf/english are giving them water to from louth
theres also a tank that connects to your gutter pipe easily to catch rain water there no expensive

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A long water pipe from Australia job done!

[smirnoff_rules]

all this and the winter hasnt really started yet

[cactikid]

ya better believe it,even bought a canoe

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I have been told they are caching salmon in the back yard you may laugh but you have to see to believe it.

[shellbob]

Hope its not Brown lemonade they are using

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Want be long the prise of lemonade in Northern Island will be going up.

[patkins]

I have been told they are caching salmon in the back yard you may laugh but you have to see to believe it.

As long as it's not Brown Trout.