One solution for leaking loos

I’ve been reading about our most serious problem — that the metro’s water supply will in just a few weeks likely come to an end.

Yes, we have known this was coming for years and all over there has been advertising to use water sparingly.

This meant taking shorter showers, not using baths and washing our cars with a hose.

But I have a serious problem with understanding how the citizens of this city – and its officials – can ignore the issue of our toilets.

You don’t need to go far to find one that is leaking.

This old-fashioned flushing system in use hasn’t changed in a hundred years – it has got even worse thanks to the cheap plastics used.

These don’t last long and in a relatively short time the parts are worn out... and then that wonderful place we all enjoy for some alone time is leaking all the fresh, clean water we need.

Plainly speaking, people should give a s**t about this problem. I’ve complained numerous times at shopping centres where toilets are often found to leak.

Why can’t they install a simple tap system to open and close, for instance, so water won’t be lost?

These fancy and clever people have invented amazing tools and equipment; coffee machines that can change money; rockets that fly to Mars.

But no-one is able to build a toilet that won’t leak? And they are apparently not even thinking about it in the situation we have right now?

I have built my own place of peace, which I enjoy mostly in the morning, alone in my garden. This one has been known for a thousand years, and it still works and does not need water.

People, this may be our only choice: Get ready for the famous long-drop. Daisy, Chelsea