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    Hose Pipe ban

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/environmen...ought-water-uk

    Some of us may remember 1976 and this year is set to be worse


    With the impending hose pipe ban for many of us in the U.K. what ideas do people have regarding car washing ( ironically the car wash companies are not affected by the ban), gardening etc.

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    Re: Hose Pipe ban

    wash your car at night when no ones watching

    well tbh you may have to use a watering can but some car washes are £1 so its not worth the hassle.

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    Re: Hose Pipe ban

    Or, ya know, put up with having a dirty car...

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    Re: Hose Pipe ban

    I will ignore it and if i get a fine so be it.
    If they want to drop my bill by 50% then i would think about complying, but until that point they can eff off.

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    Re: Hose Pipe ban

    Isn't it Thames water that looses 25% of water due to leaks etc in their network?

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    Re: Hose Pipe ban

    Quote Originally Posted by Blaidd59 View Post
    .... what ideas do people have regarding car washing ( ironically the car wash companies are not affected by the ban),
    Use a bucket? It's not as easy, but does the job.

    Or, as hinted at in the question, the local car-wash company.

    Quote Originally Posted by Blaidd59 View Post
    ... gardening etc.
    Watering can. Or a micro-drip system that nobody can see.

    Or water-butts fed from your roof's drainage, and feed a hosepipe (or micro-drip system) from them.

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    Re: Hose Pipe ban

    Quote Originally Posted by Blaidd59 View Post
    gardening etc.
    what's wrong with sticking bottles of water into the floor and letting the condensation collect on the outside?

    I live in the lake district, where there will most likely NEVER be a hosepipe ban, but we still do that.

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    Re: Hose Pipe ban

    Quote Originally Posted by GoNz0 View Post
    wash your car at night when no ones watching
    Just use a bucket? Its better for most paints than a pressure washer anyway.
    Quote Originally Posted by Blitzen View Post
    I will ignore it and if i get a fine so be it.
    If they want to drop my bill by 50% then i would think about complying, but until that point they can eff off.
    Well that's a very responsible attitude.

    I wouldn't mind someone protesting hard about this, writing to their MPs, complaining even about migration and town planning.

    But just to be "well I'll squander the water anyway" is frankly a disgusting attitude.

    We have not had, and yes I know some of you will cringe as I write this the correct kind of rain for a significant period of time.

    We do not want to go back to the 1976 stand pipes, because sadly I think fewer people know their neighbours and I would worry about the effect on the old and feeble.

    I would also be there picketing the golf clubs who under their commercial licenses are allowed to water the greens thou....
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    Re: Hose Pipe ban

    So what exactly do the South West Water customers pay for? We pay nearly the most in the SW for water.... now we are told we can use it the way we want, seriously its stupid... even in high density population areas we still pay a bucket load and new changes mean this silly £50 rebate disappears before we see it as they have "increased" costs due to taking over responsibility of pipes to the house (it always was in our case because our house is over 100 years old... we are now paying extra for nothing).

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    Yes if theres a lack of water its fair enough really, not being funny id rather not be able to wash my motor vehicle than no have drinking water and a nice shower!.
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    Re: Hose Pipe ban

    I've never understood the hosepipe ban, what does it actually achieve? You can still fill up a bucket of water a million times...

    What about the people with a hosepipe spray gun which not only controls the flow of water but can produce the same flow and spray as a water can?

    My mum likes to grow veg in her garden, isn't that seen a a very green thing to do these days? Saving money, cutting down unnecessary transport of food etc...are they going to fine her?

    I'm all for saving resources, but applying a hosepipe ban to the public and not applying it to a car wash doesn't make sense to me... If I decide to wash my car at home, I will be using a bucket and a hosepipe, controlled by a spray gun, if I go to a car wash they will also use a hosepipe, bucker of water and a pressure washer...they will probably use more water than I would have used.

    Its a good thing I rarely clean my car I guess.

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    Re: Hose Pipe ban

    Quote Originally Posted by DeludedGuy View Post
    I've never understood the hosepipe ban, what does it actually achieve? You can still fill up a bucket of water a million times...

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    You can, but who does?

    And you might use a spray head (and so would I) but a lot of people don't. They cannot effectively micro-manage to that level of granularity. In general, and in the overall demand on water, the calculation is that usage will drop quite a bit if people use buckets to wash their car (or don't wash it) and cans to water their garden.

    As for businesses like car washes, it's about proportionality.

    If you can't wash you car or water the garden, using a hose, you either have to use a more water-efficient method, or put up with a dirty car and/or dead plants. If you run a water-dependent business and can't run it, you end up with a bankrupt business, laying off stay and unable to pay the mortgage. It's a bit more drastic.

    My bet is that restrictions on business use will, [B]if need be, follow. But we're not quite at that point yet, and hopefully, won't reach it.

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    Re: Hose Pipe ban

    Quote Originally Posted by Saracen View Post
    And you might use a spray head (and so would I) but a lot of people don't.
    Sorry, but how do you know this? Everyone I know and every neighbour down my road who has a hosepipe and washes their car or waters their garden has one, its the sensible thing to do.

    Lets face it, some people are going to use a hosepipe regardless of the ban so I think it were better idea if Thames Water created a campaign offering discounted/free spray guns.

    I used the car wash scenario as a perfect example to demonstrate the silly reasoning behind the ban, they are implementing this ban due a water shortage, there should be no grey area, there either is a water shortage and its a serious issue or it isn't.

    If you tell people not to wash their car because of water shortages, that also implies not using a car wash as it's still a waste of water - which in turn means you end up with a bankrupt car wash, laying off staff who are then unable to pay the mortgage.

    All in all, rather than implementing a hose pipe ban why not make people aware of how to better manage their water usage.
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    Re: Hose Pipe ban

    Quote Originally Posted by Hicks12 View Post
    So what exactly do the South West Water customers pay for? We pay nearly the most in the SW for water.... now we are told we can use it the way we want, seriously its stupid... even in high density population areas we still pay a bucket load and new changes mean this silly £50 rebate disappears before we see it as they have "increased" costs due to taking over responsibility of pipes to the house (it always was in our case because our house is over 100 years old... we are now paying extra for nothing).

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    Re: Hose Pipe ban

    Quote Originally Posted by DeludedGuy View Post
    All in all, rather than implementing a hose pipe ban why not make people aware of how to better manage their water usage.
    I live in a very water rich area, which I've already mentioned, but we're still sent things from our water supplier to help us conserve water.

    We have a "bag of air" in the toilet cystern, which reduces the amount of water used for each flush by about 1L, we also have something which limits the amount of water the shower can use and we were supplied with a free hosepipe head, which also limits water usage.

    I don't know if this happens in the south, but it bloody well should!

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    Re: Hose Pipe ban

    Quote Originally Posted by DeludedGuy View Post
    Sorry, but how do you know this? Everyone I know and every neighbour down my road who has a hosepipe and washes their car or waters their garden has one, its the sensible thing to do.
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    In part, because I regularly see people aroui8nd here using a hose without one, and forming a jet by squeezing the end of a hose. And while they're not using it, it's laying in the road, pouring water straight down the drains. Using a spray head might be sensible, but that doesn't mean everyone will do it.

    The water companies do want people to use water sensibly, which is (in part, at least) what meters are all about, as well as devices to reduce loo cistern capacity, etc.

    A large part of the ban is about getting people to think, and to change attitude.

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    Re: Hose Pipe ban

    Modern pressure/jet washers don't actually use as much water as you think.
    They can be run via a bucket of water rather than being hooked up to an outside tap.

    So if you feel the need to keep the car clean, you can still go about it. No different to washing the car entirely by hand, and as it's being fed by bucket nowhere near as bad as a normal hose.
    Plus far less of a waste than any hand car wash place, which as a business the bans won't apply to.

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