water conservation

A waste of water

Water wastage.

@pitstop (13897)

Australia

May 29, 2023 1:21pm CST

Most homes and apartments in India have an overhead tank that stores water on the top of the building. An electric pump will pump it from the ground level where it is supplied to the top. The motor dos not have an automatic cut off and hence sometimes, the tank overflows and water is wasted. I wish there was some simple technology to prevent this water wastage - any suggestions.

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@RebeccasFarm (90063)

• Arvada, Colorado

29 May 23

Well, surely there must be a way to cut it off..I mean a simple way. There must be someone there that can fix a switch for off.

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@pitstop (13897)

• Australia

29 May 23

Some homes have a different systems, but many stil have this older system.

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@RebeccasFarm (90063)

• Arvada, Colorado

29 May 23

@pitstop Yes, maybe something else to catch the water underneath even.

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@CarolDM (203422)

• Nashville, Tennessee

29 May 23

Too bad the water is wasting.

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@pitstop (13897)

• Australia

29 May 23

They seemed to have forgotten to switch off the motor

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@CarolDM (203422)

• Nashville, Tennessee

29 May 23

@pitstop Looks that way.

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@AmbiePam (93297)

• United States

29 May 23

No, I’m sorry. Our water isn’t supplied that way so I wouldn’t know how to advise you to fix the water inadvertently wasted by your tank.

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@pitstop (13897)

• Australia

29 May 23

An automatic cut off on the motor would work.

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@Jenaisle (14078)

• Philippines

29 May 23

A timer that would stop the pumping once the tank is full. Or an alarm that would tell you when the tank is full so you could turn off the pumping mechanism.

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@pitstop (13897)

• Australia

29 May 23

Or even a reminder to turn it off.

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@allknowing (137056)

• India

30 May 23

Where the water flows we have trees.

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@pitstop (13897)

• Australia

30 May 23

This flows into a very contaminated stream.

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@pitstop (13897)

• Australia

30 May 23

@allknowing our neighbours

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@allknowing (137056)

• India

30 May 23

@pitstop Who does it belong to?

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@nela13 (58678)

• Portugal

30 May 23

Water shouldn't be wasted, there must be a way to cut it off.

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@pitstop (13897)

• Australia

30 May 23

I hope my neighbours find a way to do that.

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@nela13 (58678)

• Portugal

2 Jun 23

@pitstop how is it now?

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@nicegolden (284)

• Shenzhen, China

31 May 23

@pitstop I think your neighbours mean to let it be to against terrible heat

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@youless (112515)

• Guangzhou, China

4 Jun 23

I think it shall work like the toilet which the water will be stopped when it is full.

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@pitstop (13897)

• Australia

4 Jun 23

That's a simple idea.

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@May2k8 (18379)

• Indonesia

30 May 23

If we want to make it automatic, we need a water discharge meter that is connected as a switch.

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@pitstop (13897)

• Australia

30 May 23

That sounds technical, but not very complicated.

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@LadyDuck (471737)

• Switzerland

30 May 23

I am not a technician, but the container we have prevents water wastage when it's full. I think it's something very simple.

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@pitstop (13897)

• Australia

30 May 23

I'll ask others and see how to implement this.

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@LadyDuck (471737)

• Switzerland

30 May 23

@pitstop I think that it's not something very complicated that needs to be installed to stop wasting water.

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@JudyEv (340653)

• Rockingham, Australia

30 May 23

It might be a bit tricky but can you install a float like they have in toilet cisterns? Otherwise, some water features in gardens have water flowing into a receptacle and somehow it is fed back to the upper level and the cycle continues.

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@pitstop (13897)

• Australia

30 May 23

Both the solutions are implementable.

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@db20747 (43440)

• Washington, District Of Columbia

30 May 23

Can you cut it off with your hand some kind of way?

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@pitstop (13897)

• Australia

30 May 23

Not from across the street.

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@LindaOHio (179874)

• United States

30 May 23

An automatic shutoff or a barrel to catch the overflow would work.

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@pitstop (13897)

• Australia

30 May 23

That sounds like a simple and effective solution.

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@KityCat (7736)

• India

30 May 23

I have not faced this issue before . It also ends up increasing the water bill no ?

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@pitstop (13897)

• Australia

30 May 23

Yes, the water wasted needs to be paid for.

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Leighnyork Nyakundi Makori

@leighnyork (1880)

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30 May 23

We all should be responsible, I hate wasting water

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@pitstop (13897)

• Australia

31 May 23

Especially when we know it is scarce in some months

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Leighnyork Nyakundi Makori

@leighnyork (1880)

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31 May 23

@pitstop yeah, we are very ignorant about that

@jstory07 (139774)

• Roseburg, Oregon

29 May 23

That is sad that the water is wasted.

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@pitstop (13897)

• Australia

29 May 23

And this is good water.

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@wolfgirl569 (106999)

• Marion, Ohio

29 May 23

I have no idea with that system.

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@pitstop (13897)

• Australia

29 May 23

Not many countries have this system.

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@RubyHawk (99405)

• Atlanta, Georgia

29 May 23

I have no idea. I don’t know how waters pumped into my apartment. I’d never thought about it.

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@pitstop (13897)

• Australia

30 May 23

I guess you have water under pressure.

@banksim (5256)

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30 May 23

there is technology but rarely used and marketed