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

I get that there are issues to do with corruption with the water companies. And all the other fatcat companies. Totally.
But thats no excuse at all for "I will continue to use my hosepipe because I want to, no one is going to stop me"
Such a pathetically childish selfish attitude.
One bunch of wrongs doesnt make it ok for you to also do something wrong.
If a situation arises whereby we dont have enough water to drink, wash our bodies with (as is the case in various countries around the world pretty often already) good to know you'll still find reasons to water your grass.
(That was a rant at no one in particular btw)

Exactly.

Person A is a selfish jerk, so that gives me every excuse to be as selfish as I want...

As I said, there's a dog owner in our local park who doesn't pick up their dog's crap. That means I don't have to pick up my dog's crap. If the rest of the community suffer it's not my fault...

Drives me crazy that a few weeks ago we had a road being taken up about 4 streets away for a burst pipe, and floods at the start of the year but get some heat and hosepipe bans are put in place. They need to sort their crappy pipes and rubbish flood defences before coming after everyone’s water! It’s shit.

It isn't a piss take, because it does reduce the amount of water people use.

You can continue to use as much water as you want, but you have to do it manually.

That's the whole point 😂

I’ve just checked our reservoir levels on the website and out of 6, 3 are below average.

So I still don’t see us getting a ban. We haven’t had a ban even when a few said low.

My God this is a terrifying thread. It’s all completely hopeless. Your reaction to water companies being a shitshow is to decide to compete with them to be as shitty as possible? wtf?

If we keep having heatwaves (which I do think will become normal), then we'll have to adapt, as someone else has suggested. Established meadow lawns don't need regular watering, for instance. Gardeners will have to choose plants more suitable to the changing climate.

I grew up with regular water restrictions because of drought, so it's not unusual for me. Regardless of whether or not water companies do actually have a limited supply, I would respect a hose pipe ban.

It’s funny because on our allotments IBC tanks are banned from being filled with the hose.

Rightly so rent is only £80 a year.

So people have built systems so where they technically are not filling it with a hose but the hose is filling something else that fills the Ibc tank. So a bin high up with a low tap that then leading into guttering into their Ibc.

Or people have been known to put their hoses into their watering cans and say the hose is filling the watering can. They are watering with the watering can.

People are inventive and sneaky.

I'm surprised you don't understand that. A hosepipe ban in itself doesn't reduce water use - it reduces water use by making it more inconvenient to use water. There's nothing to stop anyone using the same amount of water, except they have to do it manually.

You can’t use a hose but legally you can use. Tap and bucket and you can’t be fined! It is literally just hose pipes that are banned.

Perhaps that's why I tried to quote you and it didn't appear, you were editing your post.

Overall, people are likely to use less water if it takes more of an effort. So they don't use the same amount of water if they carry bucket/ watering can after bucket / watering can, than if they can just switch on the hose and leave it.

‘if you’re disabled you may still use a hosepipe’

excellent so everyone can self diagnose ADHD/neurospicy/anxiety re hot weather and hosepipe away to their hearts content 😂

There was a leak on an entrance to a industrial estate on one of the May BH weekends. Severn Trent didn't bother to get contractors until the Tuesday. If they fixed it over the weekend, it would have caused less disruption and less leakage

Our hosepipe ban starts tomorrow.

Everyone must be watering their gardens atm because the water pressure has dropped.
I can’t remember the last summer when we didn’t have a ban. Because of this, we have forked out on a dripper (trickle) system. These aren’t banned by our water company (yet!!). It’s not as good as good old soaking with a hosepipe, but at least it provides some water to the beds.

Also I know I’m on one now 🤣🤣

It’s people using those tiny bloody pools. Filling and emptying every day because of dirt. Or those inflatable slide and spray ones.

Get a big one with filter!! Filled it up once in years and just top up every so often due to evaporation!!

Also if there was a fire I’d just slice the bastard and flood my garden 😅 winner for me.

Was referring to this post

I think you are quoting someone else

We don't have a hosepipe ban where I am. We'd be exempt because of disability if we did, but even so I'd still use my hosepipe if I needed to.

When the water companies have fixed all the leaks then they'll have more right to restrict domestic use.

No! No! The last thing I want is fish! It’s for genuine wildlife: newts and a few frogs if I’m lucky. No effing fish.

Technically using a bucket or watering can if you discount hitting a I cnba anymore stage could use more water. Spillages, splashing it over the side as tipping it in.