Lowri Griffiths on water storage dropping 15% in a month and what that actually means for a broke Londoner’s daily routine
Right, so I read that London’s water storage has dropped fifteen percent in a single month and the risk of leaks is rising in what the papers are calling “bone dry” weather, and my first genuinely unhinged reaction was to start showering exclusively at my gym to do my bit. Two weeks in. Let’s talk about it.
Why I Actually Decided This Was A Reasonable Response To A City-Wide Water Crisis
Look, I don’t own a reservoir. I can’t personally fix the second burst pipe that’s left people in SE6 without water or with barely any pressure. But I CAN pay eleven pounds a month for a gym membership I never use and finally get some value out of it while pretending I’m personally solving the drought. This is called civic responsibility and also being tight with money, and honestly the two have always been the same thing for me.
What Actually Happens When You Shower At A Gym For A Fortnight Straight
You become, weirdly, a gym person. Not a gym person who lifts anything, obviously, but a gym person who is There. I now know the receptionist’s name. I know which locker never quite closes properly. I have Opinions about the water pressure in cubicle three versus cubicle five, which feels like exactly the sort of niche expertise nobody asked for but everyone’s about to get anyway.
The Actual Financial Maths Behind This Entire Scheme
My home water usage has genuinely dropped, my gym membership is finally justified, and I’ve saved myself from the mild horror of watching my own bathroom pressure do that sad, apologetic dribble that every London flat seems to develop the second there’s any hint of a hosepipe ban being mentioned on the news.
Whether I’d Actually Recommend This To Other Broke Londoners
Genuinely, yes, provided you don’t mind becoming disturbingly familiar with your local gym’s changing room culture. It’s cheaper than a water bill panic spiral and considerably more sociable than standing alone in your own increasingly pathetic shower.
What This Whole Fortnight Has Taught Me About Living In A City That’s Apparently Bone Dry
Mostly that London will absolutely charge you full price for water it doesn’t currently have enough of, and that the correct broke Londoner response to any infrastructure crisis is always, somehow, to find the loophole that involves a gym membership you were already paying for anyway. For more thoroughly broke London living, keep it here on bohiney.com.
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