To stick to the hosepipe ban …

[HosePipeNoMore]

… and to think that people who don’t are selfish with no consideration of the overall good of society.

Well maybe. I do stick to it. But sometimes I think is it the right way to save water? We use a lot of water doing laundry (messy kids), I could save more water cutting down on laundry than by not watering the garden or not having a paddling pool. Plus if my plants die they are dead forever. Whereas washing the sheets every 2 weeks instead of weekly, rewearing things that are a bit grubby = no lasting harm.

YABU.

We never stick to it. They won’t actually run out of water and they wouldn’t need these bans if they took some of the hundreds of millions that they pay to shareholders and invested in sorting out their networks.

I stick to it. People who don’t would be the first ones complaining when their water pressure starts running low or god forbid there’s no water. Fresh water is a finite resource. People don’t realise. If you live in the east of the UK you’re in what’s known as a ‘seriously water-stressed region’ and should be taking it seriously.

I’m not in a hosepipe ban area but I’m pretty sure DD’s nightly bath uses more water than the amount I hosepipe around my garden. That said, I would comply.

I stick to it. Whilst I also feel frustrated at the water companies, I think only arses ignore the request.

This ☝️We have had a water drain running into our street for 8-9weekschas been reported and ignored for 8 weeks …so am carrying on as usual.

So loads of water is being wasted by a presumably burst pipe and you think carrying on wasting even more water is the best idea 🤦🏻‍♀️ I get that it’s frustrating the water company hasn’t fixed it yet but do you hear yourself?

It’s not that they are going to run out of water it’s the fact that the infrastructure won’t cope with demand so water pressure, water treatment etc can’t cope so you might get no water coming out of the tap or loo not filling up, especially at peak demand times. Won’t last for long time but might be difficult for vulnerable people to cope. My mum with dementia will get very worried if no water comes out of the tap, and no matter how many times I could try and explain why she wouldn’t get it. Doesn’t matter if it would be back on again a few minutes later, it would confuse and distress her.

Some areas aren’t on a hosepipe ban but essential use only, which does include only essential laundry. I bet the washing towels after every use brigade are still washing them every day

All because the water companies are shit doesn’t mean we have to be too

@Tben looking at some statistics online on average you use 170 litres of water for every 10 minutes use of hosepipe. A average bath is about 180 litres. You could reduce the amount of water in the bath

No we probably won’t run out of water but reservoirs in areas covered by Anglian Water, Essex & Suffolk Water and Cambridge Water are critically low at less than 60% full.

waterbutts before the heatwaves ?

You think they won’t run out of water? Think again. Do some research.

such a massively selfish attitude.

I will stick to it by allowing some parts of the garden to suffer and ignore it by using the hose to water the things that matter to me. I’m probably exempt on health grounds anyway. I’m not sure because I haven’t checked.

If the water company can’t be bothered to formally inform their overpaying customers about a hosepipe ban and associated exemptions then avoiding using the hosepipe can’t be that important. I resent the profits made by a private company when I have no choice about using their service, so don’t feel particularly generous about conforming because of their failure to plan properly and fix all the leaks.

Same here the road is actually flooded npw as it has got worse.

Using it isn’t wasting it.

Well said

Exactly.

That’s not logical, it’s an excuse for being selfish and lazy

I’ll stick to it, but my eyes rolled at it, if water companies spent more on infrastructure and less on paying shareholders I’m sure it would be less necessary. Don’t really care what anyone else does.

@doyoueverstopandthink depends what you are using it for. Watering your lawn which will recover once it rains, is wasting it. Washing towels/bedding daily unless medical need is wasting it.

Well said. I do wonder about the brains of some people

Exactly

Well said

It's not running out of water. It's due to too many people using too much water and the pipes cannot get that much water down them fast enough. Homes furthest away from the mains / water processing stations (whatever they're called) then lose their pressure. (I hope this is right).

I last used a hosepipe in the pandemic to fill a paddling pool. I just use a watering can to water essential veg and my sunflowers and chuck old washing up water out there.

I'm not sticking to it and nor is anyone I know. There has been numerous burst pipes in our area, 1 gushing water down the road, another a constant trickle of water, another has a steady stream of water constantly leaking. There has been absolutely no rush to fix them. The trickle one and the steady stream have been leaking for well over a month and there is no rush to fix them.

Perhaps if they invested in the network and mended leaks promptly instead of paying huge bonuses people would feel more incentives to follow the ban. But whilst thousands of litres of water are running down our streets due to poor infrastructure investment and the water company shows little interest in fixing these I'm not stopping my children from having a padding pool.

Hosing hundreds of litres onto the garden in these situations is wasting it. Use watering cans instead