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Where is this story based? Where I grew up, most small villages do have their own municipal wells, and there are even communities where every household has thei

Where is this story based? Where I grew up, most small villages do have their own municipal wells, and there are even communities where every household has their own well. Heck, even in my urban bay area neighborhood, I know of 3-4 people on my block with their own wells. I think it largely has more to do with when the neighborhoods were built than anything else.

ben_w 2y ago
South coast of the UK, Hampshire-Sussex border area. I'm not at all sure what the law says about getting on the water main in the first place, but I believe it's not lawful to be disconnected even at your request.
- s1artibartfast 2y ago
  just to be clear, are you talking about the village being connected to a larger water infrastructure, or specific residents and businesses in the village being connected to the village infrastructure?
  - ben_w 2y ago
    I'd have to look up the exact network topology to even be able to distinguish between those two. The rules are at the level of homes and the companies which supply them with water, of which there are a small number nationwide: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_water_companies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_water_companies Places are not incorporated in the UK the way they are in the US, so "the village infrastructure" doesn't (so far as I know) even get well-defined, which makes it hard to make national laws that prevent it being disconnected from a wider network if that's what the suppliers want to do while supplying some particular house.
    - s1artibartfast 2y ago
      That's really interesting. In the US, it is common for water distribution to be managed at the level of town or city water districts. these may purchase water from larger scale state infrastructure, but will try to source water locally via wells where possible. There are some cities where building codes require connection to the water grid for habitability, but this is much less common for unincorporated county land.

ben_w 2y ago

South coast of the UK, Hampshire-Sussex border area. I'm not at all sure what the law says about getting on the water main in the first place, but I believe it's not lawful to be disconnected even at your request.

s1artibartfast 2y ago
just to be clear, are you talking about the village being connected to a larger water infrastructure, or specific residents and businesses in the village being connected to the village infrastructure?
- ben_w 2y ago
  I'd have to look up the exact network topology to even be able to distinguish between those two. The rules are at the level of homes and the companies which supply them with water, of which there are a small number nationwide: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_water_companies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_water_companies Places are not incorporated in the UK the way they are in the US, so "the village infrastructure" doesn't (so far as I know) even get well-defined, which makes it hard to make national laws that prevent it being disconnected from a wider network if that's what the suppliers want to do while supplying some particular house.
  - s1artibartfast 2y ago
    That's really interesting. In the US, it is common for water distribution to be managed at the level of town or city water districts. these may purchase water from larger scale state infrastructure, but will try to source water locally via wells where possible. There are some cities where building codes require connection to the water grid for habitability, but this is much less common for unincorporated county land.