UK water utilities using witchcraft to find water

[Llew]

Water divining using dowsing rods (a branch of witchcraft to some) is being used by many water companies to locate leaks, springs and hidden pipes.

In dowsing (also called water divining), two bent lengths of metal rod are held parallel in the hands, and as the walker moves over a possible water source, they swing apart.

Good luck to them - I tried myself once using heavy guage copper wires to locate a possible underground ditch running along the length of our rear service alleyway, which is always wet and muddy. And they swang whenever I walked directly across the alley at any point along its path. Autosuggestion maybe?

Water companies use 'magic' to find leaks

 

[Channel Hopper]

Swang ?

 

[Llew]

Swang ?

Finger trouble. Or may be local dialect picked up through living here too long?

 

[Terryl]

I've used dowsing to find water, it may seem like witch craft but it worked.

My setup was two 1 " wood dowels (old broom handle) with holes drilled down the center, two copper rods were used for the dowsing rods, 5 inches on one side of a 90 degree bend and 15 on the other, make sure the the rods swivel freely in the wood dowels.

You start out with the rods parallel to each other, then try and keep them as level as youy can while walking. if they both swing one way or the other you turn that way, if they spread apart then back up, if they cross then stop, you have found water.

You can use brass rods for gold, (works most of the time) and steel rods for finding underground pipes, tunnels and stuff.