Hose Pipe Bans In London
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Emmersons_BrazillianDong
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They'll be exempt in the same way golf clubs are
Unravel_Morrison
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There's loads of exemptions and it's only Thames Water areas.
Allotments are unaffected as are anything that is deemed semi or fully commercial.
If you grow any fruit or veg in your garden, then again you're exempt.
These bans are largely symbolic; they hardly save any water.
Allotments are unaffected as are anything that is deemed semi or fully commercial.
If you grow any fruit or veg in your garden, then again you're exempt.
These bans are largely symbolic; they hardly save any water.
Boro in Devon
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The day before the ban was imposed in my area, everyone was out pressure washing their cars.
Just what is the point.
Just what is the point.
Gunslinger
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Same amount of water now on the planet as there was a billion years ago
The Ruthsayer
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According to Yorkshire Water, a hosepipe ban will reduce consumption by 10%. The amount wasted on leaks? 23%. It’s a good job they’ve been privatised so that the infrastructure is now fit for purpose.
Unravel - hosepipes in gardens use about 100litres an hour, which is a family’s use for a day. We don’t need to use treated drinking water for that
Water should be in public ownership then pipes can get fixed en masse instead of money going to shareholders to get richer. Every single thing we have privatised in this country has ended up being more expensive in the long run and a less good service provided.
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Absolutely BIDevon. We don’t need to use expensive treated water to wash cars, it’s nuts. Rainwater in a bucket from a water butt will do the job, with a bit of detergent if needed
Johnnyweetabix
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Flew into and from Heathrow last week . Their grass is indeed super parched ! It was like someone had painted all the fields mucky yellow
Remember the water getting transported down in the 90sWe might have many issues living in the north east but water use isn’t one of them and never will be given we have keilder and the lakes.
Hose pipe away
Remember when we started shipping our water down south in tankers.
Anton_Berg
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Keilder was built to supply Teesside's industries and a huge steelworks at Redcar that didn't get built. Nice little earner if you can sell water.
Day 1 of the hosepipe ban in London, looks like it will rail all day. Thames Water guy on TV yesterday admitted that they have never enforced a hosepipe ban and have no intention of doing so.
Smog On The Medway
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No hose pipe ban in the Medway Riviera.
Millbrook
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Leakage was a problem before privatisation and always will be.
Yes they should be set targets to reduce it but it will always be a significant issue which 'outsiders' find hard to grasp.
The Ruthsayer
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Fine, as an outsider, please:
1) advise what is an acceptable rate of loss. I’d expect somewhere around 10%?
2) explain how the infrastructure would not have been improved by investing shareholder dividends?
Ok, maybe just point (1) as (2) is a political statement.
Thx.
Druss_The_Legend
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Yeah hosepipe ban started yesterday for me, today it is chucking it down. Probably be flooding in my local area by this afternoon like a couple of weeks back when we had heavy rain.