To not stick to the hosepipe ban

Its only not like Covid if celebs RF politicians take their share of the sacrifices this time too.

Partygate showed the public that they dont/wont

As I mentioned upthread, non essential business use will be the next level of restriction if the situation doesnt improve in some areas.

Why this is not like Covid is that there is a legislative framework already in place for increasing levels of restriction if supplies dwindle beyond a certain point. The Government, the water companies and the regulator are not making this up as they go along, the framework is there, and if specific thresholds are met this is what will happen.

People could lose jobs. Local economies could be affected. We could end up with standpipes. We probably won't, but our collective actions at this point will affect the outcome.

I am.
But carrying the can all over my garden and having to go back to the tap every 3 minutes to fill it up is a pain and I get fed up doing it. But I am doing it. Using the hose to fill the can doesn’t save me any time or energy! 🤷🏼‍♀️

How are we told when there is a ban? Just wondering as people no longer watch live tv or listen to radios

A car wash? No car had ever died from not being washed, and most people working there are working cash in hand anyway.

You can fill the watering can with the hose though and water as you wish.

I 'get it' quite well.

As long as we don't renationalise water companies, fix the leaky, ageing network and have a real plan in place to build new reservoirs local hose pipe bans will remain a totally pointless gimmick for private water companies to carry on their criminal mismanagement of the whole system while trying to pass the responsibility on for water conservation to the customers.

The ban does not apply to businesses. Only really domestic users. I’m grumpy about having to water with a watering can right now but comparing it to places that rely on it for their income is not really right.
I don’t begrudge the garden centre or the car wash or the local splash place.

Some people just don't get it. Do they?

Some people just don't get it. Do they?

It's 5-10% and could be more if people stuck to it and made an effort to reduce water consumption in other ways.

5% - 10% isn’t really pointless though. Its not an insignificant volume of water, and 5% -10% less demand at a time when water is already under pressure, and when everyone does their bit it adds up. You can absolutely argue water companies need to tackle leaks too, but that doesn’t make ignoring a hosepipe ban OK. If everyone decided their individual contribution was too small to matter, the whole point of the restriction would be lost.

It's a small step in order to do just enough to avoid more invasive and harder hitting water restrictions which I am sure nobody wants!

It really is meaningless.

It seems it only usually reduce consumption by about 5% and I think that people are so pissed off at water companies at this stage that I wonder how many usually law abiding citizens will just ignore it this time.

And we’ll have that. Winter will be as wet as ever.

For you perhaps but thats not the same for everyone and they have to have a way of policing it. A hosepipe ban does reduce water consumption overall, there will always be exceptions but they cannot monitor it on a case by case basis easily.

The point I made earlier OP is that I don't use 'more water' if I use a hose rather than a watering can in my small back and front garden.

I am always careful about the amount of water I use with the hose.

Using a watering can just means it takes me longer and it is harder on my body, but it makes zero impact on reducing the amount of water used...

Hence why I am saying that it is a completely pointless exercise.

Our MP has been taking Yorkshire Water to task about their shit show.

I am so sick of this argument along with 'yeah but water companies are wasting loads through leaks' and 'no one else is sticking to it why should i'... it's because we will run out!! Yeah absolutely the water companies should get to grips with leaks but individuals using more water isnt gonna help, surely thats obvious and being smug about it will be of little comfort when the taps run dry.

Business are exempt in most circumstances, whether you agree or not, but just ignoring and flouting the ban is silly and selfish imo.

I hike regularly, and ive seen dry reservoirs, rivers and streams, and other really worrying impacts. Just because you dont make, or agree with the rules doesnt make it ok to ignore them.

So I do have sympathy as the water companies are such jokes they are wasting loads themselves. However a hosepipe ban is because we might literally start running out of water and there would be rolling cut offs, that’s the next option. So we all have to suck it up and put pressure on the government and politicians to do something about the sh*t (sometimes literally) water companies.