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Originally Posted by Butterfly
Could I ask you to please look into whether British Airways are intentionally not filling up their water supply on flights in order to cut down on their weight in order to save costs?
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Possible, not very probable though. As Jetliner pointed out, there's not much of an advantage to it. The weight and balance is calculated based on full water tanks.
The other thing someone else pointed out is that the drinking water and the sink water are from two different sources. One is from bottles, one is from the tank that is filled by the ramp guys. I think the most likely scenario for why they ran out of water is the simple fact that they were both rather lengthy flights. Courtney, you are correct that water lines sometimes freeze overnight, but if it is a serious possibility, chances are the water tanks are drained overnight so they don't freeze, then refilled first thing in the AM.