Hosepipe Ban !

[Mr Toad]

Bah :hackedoff:

Sutton & East Surrey Water have imposed a hosepipe ban in my area.
Big shame as we have one of those oversized paddling pools that Mrs Toad & I were planning to make space for down the end of the garden this summer.
Keeps the toadlets happy :D

I already pay extra on my water bill to have a hosepipe, but now find I'm paying extra for something I'm not supposed to use :evil:

So what's the penalty for ignoring the ban - and how would 'they' find out :shock:

Oh, the pool is one of these -
http://upload3.postimage.org/87945/easypool15.jpg (http://upload3.postimage.org/87945/photo_hosting.html)

We got it from B&Q at the end of the season for £50 - it takes nearly 3 days to fill :roll:

[Stingo]

Do you get all the people with it too?!! :lol:

[Mr Toad]

Yep

they appear from all the neighbours houses as if by magic on a sunny day

Some people have even been known to ride long distances on motorbikes in order to try it out :lol:

[Flamin_Squirrel]

I suggest by starting with a two long planks of wood that'll reach from a first floor bathroom window, from which you can fassion some form of viaduct, eliminating the need for using the hose pipe :twisted:

Well, they did say it was only a ban on hose pipes :lol:

[kwak zzr]

i'm still getting over my water bill :( south staffordshire water £305.00!!
is this alot compared to what you guys and gals pay?

[chazzyb]

Mr Toad, the wording of the Sutton & East Surrey notice in my local paper stated a ban on the use of hoses for watering gardens and for washing private motor cars; nothing else. My missus was pretty upset when I continued to wash my bikes. :P

[Ceri JC]

So what's the penalty for ignoring the ban - and how would 'they' find out :shock:



Helicopters, "grass up your neighbour" schemes, etc.

Interesting how the Spanish manage to have fewer hosepipe bans than us, isn't it?

[Viney]

Ask for a refund on the hosepipe part of your water bill?

To be honest, it shouldnt actully worry you what the penalty is...well, it will be the fact we will all be on standpipes over summer if people dont stop wasting water. Saying this, there has been a leak just down the road for me, for just over 4 weeks.

Now im not a greenie, but i can see that we are going to be in deep **** if we dont stop wasting water, so i propose that we all bath with a friend ;)

[jonboy]

Most of the water is wasted by the water companies themselves - their pipes are choc-a-bloc full of cracks and are leaking like crazy, yet it's us that are made to look guilty:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4681211.stm

And where's the money to fix the system? Well they've all been privatised so the money's gone to the shareholders... :evil:


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[Grinch]

what do you do with all that water at the end of the summer?

[Mr Toad]

what do you do with all that water at the end of the summer?

water the lawn with it

slowly

so it all gets recycled :D

[Grinch]

what do you do with all that water at the end of the summer?

water the lawn with it

slowly

so it all gets recycled :D

I imagine a lot of the lawn is dead...!

[Mr Toad]

I imagine a lot of the lawn is dead...!


That's why we planned to move it to the end of the garden. We couldn't get past it the other summer as it was right in the middle of the lawn. I had to re-turf where it had been, the lawn was that dead :roll:

[cuffy]

Oh, the pool is one of these -
http://upload3.postimage.org/87945/easypool15.jpg (http://upload3.postimage.org/87945/photo_hosting.html)

We got it from B&Q at the end of the season for £50 - it takes nearly 3 days to fill :roll:My mate had one of those we managed to fill it in about 5 minutes...mind you we did borrow the fire engine to go and "cough cough" fill up with fuel :D
All worked out fine n dandy in the end, he invited all the lads from the fire station round for a bbq, but as the night went on he mentioned to our sub officer how the pool was filled, spent the next drill night cleaning the appliance :cry:

[northwind]

I hear they've got 18 months reserves here... As in, 18 months with no rain whatsoever and we'd still be fine. The lawn's still dead, but because of the lack of sunshine and excess rain.

[valleyboy]

Hosepipe ban?? whassat ?? :lol:

Luckily I live in an area with lots of water :? usualy in rain form most of the time! :lol:

And best of all.... it tastes brilliant from the tap... what you get as bottled water, is what I get through the tap... :P well, if you buy Brecon Carreg anyway...

[the_runt69]

There's going to be a hosepipe ban in the Thames water are from next month and we've got 91% full supplies, just a precaution they say. Another ruse to impose water meters on us. Saying that the kitchen tap has just started not turning off properly. Off to get a new one tomorrow.

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[Anonymous]

i'm still getting over my water bill :( south staffordshire water £305.00!!
is this alot compared to what you guys and gals pay?

My folks paid theirs the other day. It was £555 for the year. Yorkshire Water.

One question... a what is the definition of a hosepipe? is it from the external of your house?

I mean, if you wanted to fill up a great big pool - why not just connect it to the kitchen or utility room tap, out of a window and into the pool? does that still count as a hosepipe?

Or what if you just filled it up with a load of mates using great big buckets? Thats not using a hosepipe is it?

:evil: :wink:

[amarko5]

what do you do with all that water at the end of the summer?

water the lawn with it

slowly

so it all gets recycled :D

unless some toe rag sneaks in your garden with a stanley knife :wink: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: (hope you have no enemy's in the soho gang) :lol: