Neighbour demanded proof of our hosepipe ban exemption

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My NDN has just demanded to see proof that we are exempt from the local hose pipe ban !!!!

I have said to them I won’t be showing them anything as it’s private but they can report me if I want and the water company can check.

We literally have just been filling a small paddling pool daily for the dc for after school and today have a little sprinkler toy as it’s boiling.

I know some people aren’t aware that there are exemptions (eg being on priority services register or certain tariff) but I’m so shocked they demanded proof !!!

Welsh water is nationalised that doesn't stop the leaks being ignored. As for dumping sewage they put when and where on their website. The tourists don't know but the locals do thanks to FB alerts.

The rules aren’t imaginary. The exemption applies to the disabled person/s not the whole household. In the same way as an assisted bin collection for a disabled person wouldn’t apply if there was a non disabled person living in the same household. If the paddling pool or sprinkler toy could be considered a health benefit to a disabled child, that would be different.

Going to ring my water company tomz and ask as dd has pots and the heat is exhausting for her. She needs to be able to cool down she is also autistic

anyone judging can piss off. She gets pip

If she gets pip i think I read if you're 8 or above things are different.

There isn’t a hosepipe ban in my area, but everyone in my neighbourhood has very low water pressure because of increased demand like people filling paddling pools and watering lawns… it now means that in some homes upstairs toilets are not filling up!

It’s not a reservoir issue, it’s because of the capacity of pumping stations ability to move water through the network.

Hosepipe bans help ensure that there is sufficient capacity to pump water to homes as well as protecting reservoirs from depletion.

We still could have two more months of hot dry weather, and we need to be aware that it’s a finite resource!

We all have a duty to reduce consumption, especially if you have a hosepipe ban… otherwise we may actually find there is no water to flush toilets, wash clothes or drink!

Welsh water have replaced vast areas of pipeline. Sadly still dumping sewage as justasking111 said.

I agree with this. I am exempt but would only use the hose for essential watering.
What the OP is doing is not in the spirit of the concession.

Jesus Christ

EVERYONE IS ALLOWED TO FILL A PADDLING POOL.

you just can't fill it up using the hosepipe,unless you're exempt.

If someone is on the register, they can fill the paddling pool using a hosepipe... for their kids, dogs or their pet ducks.... Because everyone can fill a paddling pool.

Or are you saying that able bodied people who can carry buckets of water back and forth should be the only people allowed?

Well, you're allowed to use the hose to fill the paddling pool.... Because filling a paddling pool is allowed for everyone.... So if you're physically unable to do it by buckets... You're allowed to do it with a hosepipe because of your exemption....

for a heatwave and for those that can id recommend those 1000 liter water butts as a backup for hot weather

Never been more glad to live in Scotland. Feel sorry for you English in this heat plus a load of bickering with neighbours over hosepipes. Couldn’t be arsed with it all.

and @VoiceOfReason I guess that if you're posting personal issues on a public forum you are opening up yourself to scrutiny.

Does having an exemption mean that you're exempt from taking responsible actions?

Filling a kiddie pool is one thing, running a sprinkler is another thing entirely. I don't use the popular MN phrase often, but FGS that's entitled. 😤

I didn't realise people could be so petty. Spying and reporting you for using water.

Thank God I'm not overlooked.

What's wrong with a child having a paddling pool to stay cool?

Meanwhile, we have individuals running a washing machine with only a handful of items inside.

I mean, good gracious.

Two wrongs don't make a right. It's about being responsible and considerate. When there are water shortages and the network is struggling and there is a hosepipe ban, it is obviously unbelievably selfish to put the sprinkler on. Disabled or not.

Tbh it's the abuse of disability rights that makes people very wary about them. It's obvious that nobody is meant to be using sprinklers but pointing to a ban exemption that was clearly meant for other purposes and suggesting this means you can run your sprinkler whenever you fancy is going to get people's backs up. You are doing a huge disservice to disabled people OP.

It doesn't matter, because everyone is allowed to fill a paddling pool.

What's weird is, the rules are quite clear I can fill an entire new swimming pool with a hose, exempt or not.

So? We sometimes have hosing restrictions where I live, I've never heard of anyone being exempt for any reason and we are far more likely to have drought conditions than the UK is.

my neighbour who is in a wheelchair is exempt. his able bodied wife is out every day with the hosepipe watering her plants. i don't get how that's allowed

if you are bothered, check the exemptions for your water supplier

I saw a Thames Water advert on TV ( funnily enough have only seen it once so wonder if it was pulled for barefaced bloody cheek) in which the voice over went something like

“ we are investing more in the infrastructure today than at any time during the last 100 years”

Which, when you think hard about it , Thames Bloody Water , is exactly why you and your leaking system is in the state it is. If you had spent more on the infrastructure than lining your pockets with million pound bonuses we would have a system that actually worked instead of flooding when there is rain and drying up when there is sun.

Because it's a blue job, not a pink job.

Have you any idea how much an able bodied partner has to take on for a wheelchair bound other half. How time starved they are? It's physically, mentally exhausting and you're supposed to grin and bear it.

Exactly this

they don't have to go without. the paddling pond can be filled but only with a bucket