Hose-pipe ban starts today

[y2blade]

Does it effect you at all?
Thankfully we have our own water supply, so as of yet we are not effected.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/apr/04/...

[Bosshogg76]

y2blade said:

Does it effect you at all?
Thankfully we have our own water supply, so as of yet we are not effected.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/apr/04/...

That's going to hit the health and beauty industry quite hard, no more colonic irrigation therapy.

[Jasandjules]

It would if I washed my cars.... We do have a couple of rainwater trapping water butts for the garden but a friend tends to do that...

[Driller]

I've always wondered, how do they enforce this sort of thing?

Do people actually pay any attention?

[Steamer]

Jasandjules said:

We do have a couple of rainwater trapping water butts for the garden but a friend tends to do that...

when you say 'a friend tends do that' do you mean when God makes it rain?

[Changedmyname]

Unlucky guys.

[y2blade]

Driller said:

I've always wondered, how do they enforce this sort of thing?

Do people actually pay any attention?

They rely on Neighbours to report and photograph offenders.

[SystemParanoia]

busy body s.. they go through the effort of calling a premium rate number to report their neighbours, which costs them money.. and for what ? there is no reward. why bother ?

[Driller]

y2blade said:

They rely on Neighbours to report and photograph offenders.

Jesus , do people actually do that st?

[CooperD]

I'm in an Anglian Water area so will be affected. Don't have a hosepipe though. If I wash the car I use a bucket or more likely take it the one run by some Romanians who clean it for a few £'s. Not a big gardener either and decided not to plant any flowers in the front garden this year, just keeping it fallow. Might stick a few sunflowers in the back garden and use a watering can if I need to. Couldn't care less about the lawn really. Nobody sees it bar me.

[NDA]

Will swimming pool owners be forced to top up at night under the cover of darkness?

[BigMacDaddy]

Bosshogg76 said:

no more colonic irrigation therapy.

Jasandjules said:

rainwater trapping butts

[surveyor]

NDA said:

Will swimming pool owners be forced to top up at night under the cover of darkness?

Hands up - who with a swimming pool has one in their front garden? How the hell will they know.

Listening to Radio2, all those who were trying to find a way to wash their cars.. Get paddling pool, put a few buckets of water in it. Add a fish. It's now a fish-pond and needs maintaining. Get hosepipe out. When approaching full, dump pressure washer hose in (a cover over intake a good idea!) and use as reservoir.

PS

Bit harsh on the fish and not entirely serious.

[Carl_Spackler]

Jasandjules said:

It would if I washed my cars.... We do have a couple of rainwater trapping water butts for the garden but a friend tends to do that...

[Galsia]

If a hosepipe ban comes into force in my area I will just wash the car by using buckets but will leave the outside tap running until I am finish.

For £400 per year I'm going to use as much water as I bloody want. In fact, I might just leave a tap in the house running for the duration of the ban...

[catso]

y2blade said:

Driller said:

I've always wondered, how do they enforce this sort of thing?

Do people actually pay any attention?

They rely on Neighbours to report and photograph offenders.

Good to see the spirit of the Stasi lives on despite the Berlin wall falling...

[moanthebairns]

How can you actually get done for ignoring a hose pipe ban?

Shirley you can just claim you didnt know there was one so its an honest mistake.

Genuine question as where I live in scotland has never had a hose pipe ban that I can think of.

[Mermaid]

Driller said:

y2blade said:

They rely on Neighbours to report and photograph offenders.

Jesus , do people actually do that st?

unless they too are flouting the rules.

[EDLT]

Driller said:

y2blade said:

They rely on Neighbours to report and photograph offenders.

Jesus , do people actually do that st?

The sort of people who get annoyed that you parked in "their" space on the road outside their house, probably.

[y2blade]

BigMacDaddy said:

Bosshogg76 said:

no more colonic irrigation therapy.

Jasandjules said:

rainwater trapping butts