Why is it that with the hosepipe ban I can......

[SparklyGothKat]

fill up a swimming pool (which I did today) but can't wash my car, which would take less water to do???????

Who claimed it was logical?

As you can use the hosepipe to fill up your watering can, I think that technically you can hold the watering can over the end of the hosepipe and water the garden that way - and not be breaking the ban!

really?? My mum can;t water her flowers with a hose or sprinkler, but can fill up her large paddling pool for the grandkids..... it took 1 1/2 hours to fill my pool, and its not even half full (one of the 10ft round one from argos) so I can't work it out???

I don't understand about the hosepipe ban either, what are you allowed and not allowed to do? Can I fill a paddling pool if I use a bucket? I sort of assume not, it not seeming to be in the spirit of a ban but I don't understand the rules at all.

You can wash down patio furniture on the grass too

according to my local water compancy (three valleys water) this applies to paddling pools. It also said in the local paper that we can use a hosepipe to fill it.
We are currently on a grade 1 ban.

Can I fill my swimming/paddling pool during a ban?

Yes. However we would ask customers to be water-efficient and avoid filling them to the top. Children can play just as happily in a half filled pool. Also, you should try to make the most of the water by saving the water in the pool and using it to water your plants when the sun goes down.
If you do want to reuse a pool, please try to avoid the need for refilling it by using cleaning products and filters (approved by your paddling pool supplier).

We would appreciate it if customers discontinued the use of paddling pools during drought conditions.

Well if you consider it takes about 3 hours to top up a pool once a week that is not much water. Quite often people leave their hoses on for hours in hot weather to water their lawns and that's every day so pools really don't take that much water. But I know what you mean.

What it means

"Water companies can impose a ban on domestic use of hosepipes and sprinklers.

They do not need permission from the government or Environment Agency to impose a ban.

Businesses such as car washes and garden centres are exempt and hosepipes can still be used to fill swimming pools and hot tubs or wash driveways, patios and paths. "

Apparently you can also jet wash a patio due to 'health and safety' reasons.

As a child we always used the water from the paddling pool to water the garden with afterwards - so not particularly wasteful as the water was going to be used anyway... The washing down patios etc makes me laugh though. What's the point?

they can't even be bothered to come out to inspect the torrents of water that have been bubbling up from underground on both sides of the road and running down into the gutters since THURSDAY morning

"we endeavour to INSPECT within 3 days"

arses

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You can use a hose pipe to water hanging baskets apparently.....

any plants in containers

I felt terrible using the hosepipe for a 1 1/2 hours, kept thinking that I will get reported and fined But the pool has a cover so I can use cover it and keep the water/

Oh thanks for the explanation, right, so I CAN fill a paddling pool, marvellous!