I am conscientious about water use in my home anyway, but SOME methods of water use reduction in the home come across as patronising and over-zealous. For example, reducing the flush capacity of a toilet cistern more often than not means the user has to wait for the cistern to fill up again to flush a SECOND TIME because the power of the flush is not sufficient to clear waste from the toilet bowl. I think this is a fundamental flaw in the design of toilets themselves, and this issue would be better addressed in looking at better DESIGNS of toilet than in reducing the flush capacity of existing ones. Perhaps if more environmentally friendly toilets flushed better, it wouldn't be an issue.

I have 3 water butts in my garden, but do not qualify for discounts or other incentives (even free replacement ones). So why should I bother? If water butts were supplied free of charge or discounts given to people who use them, there might be more incentive to have them. A lot of people won't have them because they attract mosquitoes and other insects.

I'd like a water meter, but I am concerned about how many of our utilities are subject to smart metering and how this could potentially lead to 'penalties' or other 'usage-based' discriminations.