Are we heading for a hose-pipe ban?

Brian Marwood

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Are they even still a thing? I remember them happening from time to time in the 90's.

My lawn is already scorched and we have more hot and dry weather to come, we must surely be close to drought conditions.
 
I just had a new lawn laid a couple of weeks ago and it needs plenty of water while it beds in, so hope not. :oops:
 
I just had a new lawn laid a couple of weeks ago and it needs plenty of water while it beds in, so hope not. :oops:
London_Boro, how long did it take to lay a new lawn

Im asking, as I got someone round, 3 weeks ago, for the very thing, he hasnt replied with a quote yet but mentioned starting the initial digging, waiting a week or so, then complete the job
 
London_Boro, how long did it take to lay a new lawn

Im asking, as I got someone round, 3 weeks ago, for the very thing, he hasnt replied with a quote yet but mentioned starting the initial digging, waiting a week or so, then complete the job
We had the whole garden landscaped so hard to tell. Took them 8 days work to remove a garage, prepare the ground, pave quite a large section where garage and decking was and then lay the lawn. Didn't feel like they spent too long on the lawn section though. They skimmed a layer off the top when preparing to lay the paving, but felt like it took less than a day to put down new soil and then roll the turf.
 
London_Boro, how long did it take to lay a new lawn

Im asking, as I got someone round, 3 weeks ago, for the very thing, he hasnt replied with a quote yet but mentioned starting the initial digging, waiting a week or so, then complete the job


I got mine done last year, two lads took two days. This included diving up front and back , laying top soil and the grass.

My back lawn is circa 100sq meters and the front 24 maybe
 
I have never see my local reservoir so low. Still plenty of water in there but I can see it coming if the warm dry weather persists.

Kielder will keep the north ticking over.
 
Think I read somewhere many.moons ago that we could go 2 years without rain and we wouldn't need a hosepipe ban simply because of the sheer scale of water in Keilder
Hosepipe bans down south again.

Kielder is fed from underwater springs so it is not weather dependent and due to its size is robust, given it can divert water via the Tyne to the Wear or the Tees to meet any demands we are truly lucky this project went ahead in the 70s given the climate change issues facing a lack of water everywhere else it seems
 
Are they even still a thing? I remember them happening from time to time in the 90's.

My lawn is already scorched and we have more hot and dry weather to come, we must surely be close to drought conditions.
Nope - plenty of rain up north. Reservoirs are at normal summer levels from what I’ve seen, and I’ve been round a few
 
Northumbrian Water have a lot of very large deep well boreholes across the region to keep the water supply going even in drought conditions, anyone covered by them will have no issues, most water authorities have them to top up supplies in drought conditions but don’t get anywhere near the yield that Northumbrian do.
 
The further north you go in the UK, the more water there is, it’s as simple as that.

Interesting fact that I recall from a few years ago, the entire water resources of England and Wales (which obviously includes the Lake District, Keilder Water et al) would fit into Loch Ness with room to spare.
 
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