AIBU to be angry about hosepipe bans and whether people will comply?

We have two water butt's and a plastic dustbin which are all nearly empty. We have always complied with hosepipe bans but I 'm becoming inclined to ignore any ban. Won't wash the car obviously but my garden has cost me a lot of money and when I see how much money the water companies waste it makes me sick. Like everyone else we have had leaks not repaired, last year they had a marvelous opportunity to clean out all the dry reservoirs but they didn't do it. The head grifter of our water company got something like a 1.25 million bonus for what exactly i have no idea. Getting a bit sick of being taken for a mug.

I personally won't be using a hosepipe because I don't normally.

I won't be reporting anyone that does.

I'm at the point I don't care if we run out for a few days (as long as they get water to the most needy) because that is a fucking disgrace and then it will make national, maybe international news and maybe, just maybe, the water companies will be made to do something.

So I kind of hope people don't comply.

If we all just respect their ban, they don't need to do anything or pull a finger out at all.

Where we are, there is a hosepipe ban, the company have admitted they can't keep up with the demand, and yet their are thousands of new houses being built. Someone who has recently moved into a new build near me says their water pressure is basically non existent.

Like I said, I hope people don't comply.

I'll probably be less compliant with a second ban than last year as they should be sorting out more storage/reservoirs etc. Fixing leaks. I'll move the pots into the shadiest part of the garden and I dont water grass etc. But I'll probably still water pots thoroughly once a week at night as neither of my neighbours care.

Last year I didnt jetwash the patio as it was a dry spring. But the reservoirs were full this spring so I see no reason why we've run out again!

We have needed to improve our water infrastructure for years and it shouldn’t be in private hands

disgrace

I agree its a joke. My elderly parents have a really big garden they have to use a hosepipe, and ppl are busy! Bloody greedy water companies 😩

No you don't. This is why we need to have hose pipe bans because people are literally throwing wholesome drinking water down the drain.

If you’re disabled you can use a hosepipe?

do you need a blue badge or will a diagnosis of something count?

Bloody hell I hope we don't have one again

The water play with my child is what makes the weather enjoyable when it's as hot as now

We had a hosepipe ban almost the whole of last summer as well

Do it at night

Hosepipe bans would be more likely to be observed if our rivers were clean and the water companies not paying large dividends or high executive pay.

When there was the drought in 1976 water was in public ownership.

I have 2 water butts. Just topped the pond up,they are now both empty. Hosepipe ban imminent, no heavy rain forecast.
Yet 12,000 new homes planned near me over next few years. The population keeps increasing.
I agree, there will be water rationing in the near future

Though golf courses are always exempt. I take offence to that tbh.

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I think they should have to have under ground tanks like petrol stations where they harvest rain water as their water for droughts.

Also this!!

But the plants and beds (flower/veg) need water. With dead flowers we’ll have reduced biodiversity and pollinators.
My lawn is clover and covered in flowers for the bees.

That said, it’s certainly time to invest in some more drought resistant plants.

I just use a bucket and jug, don’t see the problem.

Watering cans, and I've got a water butt. What annoys me is not hosepipe bans as such but the fact that we're one of the few countries in the world with a privatised water supply. And because of that years of under-investment so it's leaky while shareholders have made themselves rich on the profits.

I'm not going to use a hosepipe when there's a ban. I don't think that helps anyone

As a farmer who came within an hour of running out of water for our livestock yesterday we absolutely will comply and have asked our village to do the same!

I siphon off bathwater into a water butt to water the garden.

I do wish our houses were set up to be able to divert grey water into a tank that could be used for this.

Yes we had a leak losing loads per day they kept writing to us we must fix OUR leak. We didn’t have a leak they did. Our side of the meter but it was before our property line. Still once they located it took a couple of weeks to fix.

Our lawn is fried least we won’t have to cut it now.

I will in the main, but very similar to @MadeofCheeese it took 3 weeks to get a leak in front of our house fixed with water pumping out of it and apparently it's not properly fixed as the water company don't want to spend the money to fix the whole street which is what is needed. So it's pretty annoying that they expect us to do the work!

I'm in one of these areas and I've had a leak at the front of my house for 4 weeks with water trickling down the street. I've put in 3 requests and told this has been escalated. They are not rushing to fix it. So no I won't be complying.

I really can't see what the issue is.

YOU DO NOT NEED TO WATER A LAWN.

If you are disabled, you may still use a hosepipe.

If you have pots, you can use a watering can.

And if you need to wash the car you can use a bucket.

Just because water companies are incompetent does not mean you can waste a precious resource.