How long before a hosepipe ban?

[Levo-Lon]

Why do people water their lawns? Who cares about how green your lawn is.
Most other areas can be dealt with a bucket or watering can.

When a lawn goes like straw it's fine.
They just go dormant.
Really no need to water unless it's a playing area..

 

[The Crofted Crest]

To alleviate the shortage, the local swimming pool has closed lanes 1, 3 and 5.

 

[biggs682]

We have started to recycle the washing up water to keep some of the plants alive in the back garden

 

[Drago]

I've solved the problem of keeping plants alive by not having any.

 

[snorri]

I notice there is still snow on the hills, we should be ok for water for some time.
It would be a bit annoying to have a hose pipe ban during a period when hoses are a pleasure to handle as a result of the effect of the higher temperatures on their flexibility. I would welcome a ban in winter when hoses adopt the flexibility of steel rope.

 

[classic33]

[QUOTE 5305599, member: 259"]Strict no hosepipeban in force here since Friday. Near neighbour washing his cars with a pressure washer on Saturday. But it's Ok, he's a copper.[/QUOTE]
Arrest himself you mean?

 

[andrew_s]

[QUOTE 5294942, member: 259"]If I remember right it starting peeing it down days after Denis Howell was appointed minister for drought in 1976. Perhaps they should give that useless twonk Gove the job.[/QUOTE]
According to my memory, he (Denis) ended up dealing with floods instead.

 

[steveindenmark]

We dont have a hosepipe ban in Denmark but we have a ban on all open fires .

It is tinder dry and very breezy.
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[Vantage]

United Utilities just emailed me that our ban starts August 5. Bolton area.

 

[PeteXXX]

United Utilities just emailed me that our ban starts August 5. Bolton area.

I heard the interview with their spokesperson on the news this morning. She didn’t seem to worry too much about the fact about the fact they they lose 25% of their water through leakage

 

[Drago]

Indeed Pete, cos they're more worried about maximising shareholder value than protecting a strategic resource.

 

[postman]

August 5th in parts of Lancashire,according to Granada news tonight.

 

[Salty seadog]

We have started to recycle the washing up water to keep some of the plants alive in the back garden

I've solved the problem of keeping plants alive by not having any.

I've solved the problem of keeping my whole garden alive by liberal use of glyphosate every 2 years.

 

[mcshroom]

I heard the interview with their spokesperson on the news this morning. She didn’t seem to worry too much about the fact about the fact they they lose 25% of their water through leakage

That's well down on when I worked at Thames Water 10 years or so ago. I think it was over a third for them at the time. United Utilities are now one of the worst at 20-25%. Still a lot of water though.

I think the UU ban covers us from the 5th August as well

 

[nickyboy]

That's well down on when I worked at Thames Water 10 years or so ago. I think it was over a third for them at the time. United Utilities are now one of the worst at 20-25%. Still a lot of water though.

I think the UU ban covers us from the 5th August as well

And to give it some context, a hosepipe ban in an unusually hot period reduces water consumption by 5-10% ie. a whole lot less than the leakage lossses