Confused how neighbour not impacted by hosepipe ban and I am...

The companies don't have the capacity to visit every property individually and say yup you can use your hose or not. 😂 We have someone with a gastric condition in the household so are noted as needing water in the event of stoppage. However they are not out in the garden hosing their arse 🤷‍♀️😂 . It's all about common sense isn't which is often sadly lacking.

No they aren't so far. The last news item I heard was that the reservoirs were at a healthier level than this time last year as we had a wet winter and spring. They are low, but not as bad as last year.

Water Companies have a list of vulnerable customers and these people are exempt from the hose pipe ban. I know this because last year I received a letter to say I was classed as a vulnerable customer and the hose pipe ban didn’t apply to me. I was very confused as to why I was on this list, only thing I can think is that I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2021.

I guess because it’s more difficult/impossible for a disabled physically disabled person to lug a watering can. I totally get that. But anyone on their water company’s Priority Services Register is exempt - everyone of pensionable age, anyone with a mental health problem, any one who is disabled can join the register. That probably covers more than half of the adult population!

Why are you quoting (incorrectly I might add) foreigners? I didn’t use that word.
I also didn’t say I hate anyone

We use a pressure washer fed off a water butt, husband bought some kind of connecting gismo.

Your water butt still has water in it???????????

A lot of people seem to be confused about what confused actually means.

Yorkshire Water currently isn't imposing a hosepipe ban (at least not in my area) ...

In planning terms, house builders ARE developers.
Semantics.

Ah, yes, see what you mean. I agree - as I said upthread, just because you can, doesn’t mean you should. We all need to consider others, whether exempt or not.

Pretty unfathomable to me too to be honest. I can understand those on disability/sickness benefits being exempt, or those with blue badges, but generally someone on benefits because they’re not working would be perfectly able to carry a bucket or a watering can for their needs. Why would they be exempt form a hosepipe ban ? Some areas only exempt those on the Watersure scheme, which to my mind is unfair because it only applies to those on means tested benefits, so wouldn’t cover all needs.

What I meant is that you can only use your exemption for essential things. Not for pressure washing a car etc.
A lot of people qualify for exemptions. Some on age alone.

Because they cant lift a full watering can perhaps?!! Or bend to use it?! Or walk all way up and down the garden. Think yourself lucky you don't understand

And a blue badge denotes exactly that. In a lot of areas the blue badge is suggested as proof you are exempt if challenged.

I'm aware that house builders build houses, thanks. (Not developers in fact)

Agree. I think the thing to keep in mind here is just because you can, doesn’t mean you should. Which is what you appear to be doing. Shame more people don’t take note.

In most ( but not all) areas exemptions are only for essential things like health.

Because someone disabled may not be able to carry a bucket of water or a watering can. There is no ban on watering things as such, just the manner in which you do it, and if you have mobility problems or similar, a hosepipe is easier.

Because filling watering cans to water the garden is hard work, so people only do the absolute essentials.

Whereas standing with the hose is a doddle so people water more of their garden, and for longer.

Ditto paddling pools - when schlepping 5l buckets down the garden over and over, one tends to fill to pool much shallower than when leaving a hose to do it

That's the point of a ban, to reduce some of the water usage before it gets to crisis point. Not to say no one can water a garden.

funny how there are places for these "foreigners" you seem to hate,
citizens could find properties if they wanted to , they just don't want to pay the market rate!

How do you get notified about the ban?

Hose pipe ban FAQ here -

https://www.water.org.uk/water-supply/hosepipe-bans-faqs

There's supposed to be more houses, because there's supposed to be enough houses that everyone can buy one, provided they want to buy one and are able to do so.

There isn't supposed to be a housing shortage. That's an artificial situation intentionally created by the greedy trying to profit off of land and homes.

The average house price should probably be a fifth or a quarter of what it actually is - the rest of the cost is just artificial inflation. If houses were priced normally, living standards would actually be very high - the difficult living standards are caused by the wealthy creating artificial situations to squeeze money out of people.

If the country stopped accepting everyone that crosses the border we’d have houses to home our own citizens