#42 - Smart Water Butts
Karen and Cath are joined by Nicole McNab and Nick Mills from Southern Water to discuss their groundbreaking initiative aimed at reducing flooding incidents using cutting-edge smart water butts.
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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Introductions and hellos
3:07 - What is the actual issue being addressed by Southern Water?
7:02 - The different types of water butts available
10:48- The benefits for the customers
12:36 - How areas targeted were targeted for the project and the ease of installing the smart water butts
17:12 - The effectiveness of the new water butts
23:01 - Tips from Nick & Nicole on water saving in general for customer
27:40- Personal water use of the guests
SHOWNOTES
Tips from Southern Water on what people can do to get involved
Kent town benefits from cutting-edge technology to help reduce storm overflows
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