illuminating science

A supposed “artist” is going to leave a tap running for a year, wasting 15 million litres of water, in an attempt to promote water conservation. While it’s a vaguely interesting stunt, it’s painfully clear that that’s all it is - a stunt, designed to garner publicity for the artist. While it may raise awareness of water conservation, and how much is actually wasting while running the tap, I can’t believe that it’s anything but incidental. No-one seriously committed to conservation would pull a stunt like this.

It’s happening in London, and Thames Water is considering issues a “stop waste” order to the artist, which would result in prosecution if he continued. I think he’s made his point now, he’s got his publicity, and so stopping now would be an excellent idea.