[News] Kent and Sussex hosepipe ban announced

[TomandJerry]

A hosepipe and sprinkler ban is being imposed on people across Kent and Sussex, South East Water has confirmed.

The firm said it "had no choice" following the driest July on record.

The measure, which comes into force on 12 August, affects at least one million people, and rule-breakers could be hit with a £1,000 fine.

It follows pleas from the water company for people to only use water for essential purposes during hot weather warnings and shortages last month.

The ban will prohibit people from using a hosepipe to water plants, wash the car or fill a paddling pool.

Anything designed, adapted or used to serve the same purpose as a hosepipe cannot be used, like sprinklers and irrigation systems or pressure washers.

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[Guinness Boy]

Guaranteed to start pissing down on 11 August then.

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

Had to happen, was always a case of when and not if.

 

[jakarta]

A hosepipe and sprinkler ban is being imposed on people across Kent and Sussex, South East Water has confirmed.

The firm said it "had no choice" following the driest July on record.

The measure, which comes into force on 12 August, affects at least one million people, and rule-breakers could be hit with a £1,000 fine.

It follows pleas from the water company for people to only use water for essential purposes during hot weather warnings and shortages last month.

The ban will prohibit people from using a hosepipe to water plants, wash the car or fill a paddling pool.

Anything designed, adapted or used to serve the same purpose as a hosepipe cannot be used, like sprinklers and irrigation systems or pressure washers.

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Well your bit of Sussex, we are still OK over here in RH20. Notice our waterbutts are both a bit empty, lets hope we have a traditional August...

 

[nicko31]

A few more days for private schools to get their rugby pitches green for the new term

 

[A1X]

Hardly a surprise when you look at this, focusing on France but the south east of the UK at the top is no better

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[AmexRuislip]

Well your bit of Sussex, we are still OK over here in RH20. Notice our waterbutts are both a bit empty, lets hope we have a traditional August...

Up here in Landan, we're waiting for Thames Water to make a decision, which I cannot see will be long 8n coming.
Butts up allotment full up.

 

[LamieRobertson]

Discussed earlier on this thread .are you SWG in disguise


https://nortr3nixy.nimpr.uk/showthread.php?395587-2022-Drought-Hosepipe-ban-imminent/page5

 

[LamieRobertson]

Up here in Landan, we're waiting for Thames Water to make a decision, which I cannot see will be long 8n coming.
Butts up allotment full up.

Is Mrs AR happy with butts up, at the allot

 

[goldstone]

So not enough water for the current number of customers in the area. How the hell then are they going to provide water for the thousands of new homes being built?

 

[The Clamp]

In many of the drier states in the US water butts are banned. They delay water getting back into the water table. Large fines and strictly enforced.
Worth considering for the U.K.?

 

[Jeremiah]

This is Southern Water. The firm who are consistently fined for tipping sewage into rivers and the sea.

If they cleaned up their act , stopped getting fines and declaring huge profits then they could fix the leaks , improve their reservoirs and not impose bans.

 

[AmexRuislip]

Is Mrs AR happy with butts up, at the allot

We have nice pert butts, with a nice size tap on the front, which doesn't have any flow issues and can take a hose extension if needed.
Mrs AR always happy with our butts

 

[mikeyjh]

So not enough water for the current number of customers in the area. How the hell then are they going to provide water for the thousands of new homes being built?

People need to be educated to use less water. No need to wash the car every week or water borders etc etc.

 

[nicko31]

In many of the drier states in the US water butts are banned. They delay water getting back into the water table. Large fines and strictly enforced.
Worth considering for the U.K.?

The bigger issue in the UK ins something different, non-permeable driveways with no soakaway grill. Causes flooding...

 

[thedonkeycentrehalf]

This is Southern Water. The firm who are consistently fined for tipping sewage into rivers and the sea.

If they cleaned up their act , stopped getting fines and declaring huge profits then they could fix the leaks , improve their reservoirs and not impose bans.

Not that I disagree with your comments about Southern Water, it is South East who have declared the hosepipe ban, Southern haven’t (yet)

 

[rippleman]

If the water companies invested in their infrastructure rather than in their shareholders and senior management maybe we wouldn't have to save water at all.

And if they weren't constantly paying fines for polluting our sea and waterways,maybe the bills wouldn't need to be so high.

Nationalise our water and sewerage.

 

[Questions]

In many of the drier states in the US water butts are banned. They delay water getting back into the water table. Large fines and strictly enforced.
Worth considering for the U.K.?

Leave our butts alone

 

[The Clamp]

Leave our butts alone

I’m coming for your butts!

 

[Commander]

What happens to places like hand car washes in this situation?