Parts of UK to have hosepipe ban
 

Possibly before the end of March :shocked:


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17340844

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Yes just before l left Fareham yesterday my parents siad there was a chance of this happening but l really did not expect it to come this early.

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Went for a drive yesterday (Live in the North West) and every reservoir I passed (At least 4) was full to the brim, infact one was over flowing, so if one wonders why North will not be getting a hose pipe ban, this is why.

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There is three points to make regarding this ban coming out.

1) Why doesn't all the water companies have an arrangement with the Scottish Water companies and arrange for water to be distributed around the country from Scotland, they have plenty of water and get much of it from the mountains.

2) Even if this water ban comes out you are still going to see ' hand washing companies' wasting water by washing cars, near where l live in Hounslow on the A4, cars were queuing up to have there cars washed - what a waste of water that is.

3) The UK is surrounded by water, why can't we use this, I was at a water plant one day in a job l had, and they were pumping in water from the RIVER THAMES to get cleaned and use - why can't we carry on doing that.

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I remember in '94 when all the tankers were lined up besides the reservoirs along the M62 between lancashire and yorkshire..

I'm fed by Anglian water but I'm more worried about the allotment which is afew miles away though I'm not sure of the water company there.

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I read an article about that last week ;)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-17314545

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No ban up here in god's own country.

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Nor down here in god's wonderful country.:)

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Another reason to leave the uk, can sell water as well as oil to engerland

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Stop building in the water poor south before it turns into an arrid desert full of yuppies?

Or maybe some of the immigrants are Terraforming it to what they knew "back home"?

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heero yuy, l do take your point of dirty cars etc, BUT everywhere you look now there is an illegal Car washing scheme going, they don't recycle the stuff it just goes down the drain.

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An inept suggestion that truly shows why the SNP might well be competent to handle devolved powers within Scotland but are a truly terrifying prospect once major national infrastructure considerations come into play.

The needs of water and rail are completely different. A high speed train can take an uphill gradient without serious bother; for water it's an engineering challenge solved with expensive pumping infrastructure. The 1940s plan to contour down the spine of England makes that suggestion for good reason: simply, it is the most efficient way to handle a process that would be vastly expensive even to get off the drawing board.

The SNP is trying to show itself as a capable party of national government ready to negotiate on equal terms with its southern neighbours but has simply shown once again a knack for being naive and provincial. Scotland deserves better.

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No hosepipe ban has ever stopped me from using the water I pay for.
if anything it makes me use more.

I'll tell you who wastes water. firemen washing peoples bloody cars when they're bored on a hot summers day! :)

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Our local aquifer fed ponds have been empty since late last year and that's the first time I've ever seen them all empty in well around 25 years. I'm not sure if it's ever happened before but we know quite a lot of people who've lived in this area far longer than us and nobody I've spoken to has known the situation to be this bad at this time of year.

What with the problem of building on flood plains etc. and various infrastructural issues, it does rather highlight the consequences of continuing to concrete over the SE and allowing it's population to mushroom.

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ours apparantly 3/4 full but still planning to take by anglian water to support worst areas.

In past not always been whole anglian water under restrictions wait see.

Anyway anybody want to look at the latest info on river soil resevoir enviromental data

Monthly & Weekly reports

http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk...ons/33995.aspx