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

Droughtcast

Tips from Southern Water on what people can do to get involved

Slow The Flow

Kent town benefits from cutting-edge technology to help reduce storm overflows

More information on Southern Water's Pathfinder projects