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Water cost rise blamed on fake tan glut

there should be a law against itThe increasing cost of water to consumers is being blamed on the huge volume of fake tan in Britain’s water supply leaving treatment plants struggling to cope, according to a report by the utilities companies.

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Posted: Feb 6th, 2013
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Water bosses praised for ‘far-sighted’ summer hosepipe ban

Thank goodness we didn't overwater the lawn this yearWater companies in England are today being widely praised for their ‘uncanny and far-sighted’ imposition of a hosepipe ban during the summer.

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Posted: Nov 22nd, 2012
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Homeopathy in crisis as water loses its memory

‘A watery version of Alzheimer’s seems to have occurred,’ said one homeopathy practitioner. ‘And it’s a bit of a vicious circle trying to find a cure.’

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Posted: Mar 23rd, 2012
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Wasps no longer fooled by water in a jam jar

Wasps have announced that, acting on some market research they commissioned, they have changed their outlook and will no longer placidly fall into a jam jar containing water and drown.

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Posted: Jun 19th, 2010
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Water companies apologise for not announcing water shortages during recent fine weather

National water suppliers have apologised for not automatically announcing a water shortage this year. Companies have cited a software glitch as the cause for the delay in the usual round of water shortage scaremongering.

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Posted: Aug 17th, 2009
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