After the big freeze

We are just coming out of the worst cold weather that this country has seen in about 40 years. It was a different place 40 years ago. A lot less people and almost no hastily constructed housing estates. The water supply could not deal with the cold and the resulting leakage from the system is causing huge water shortages. These are also the worst I can remember. The government are claiming that a lot of the difficulty is caused by people running their taps in the belief that this will prevent them freezing. If this is the case, then these people should be ashamed of themselves. Not only are they thick, but they don't seem to realise that water is a resource to be shared by all. The tragedy of the commons. The sooner it is metered and we have to pay for it, the better.