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Thames Water announces hosepipe ban (www.bbc.co.uk)

submitted 6 days ago by okwithmydecay@leminal.space to c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk

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The restrictions mean, from Thursday, hosepipes should not be used for watering gardens or allotments, cleaning cars, filling paddling pools or swimming pools, or cleaning windows.

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[–] Zombie@feddit.uk 12 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Hosepipes and pressure washers should not be used to:

water gardens, lawns, or allotments (this includes the use of sprinklers)

Plants and gardens can be watered with a watering can, and cars can be washed using a bucket

Filled with a hosepipe?...

What a bullshit performative measure. Many drier and hotter places manage to get by without hosepipe bans. The profits generated via private water should have been invested in greater reservoir storage or networking to access water from areas of the country more rich in it. But why bother investing in infrastructure for millions when you can just slap on a ban and lounge on your new super yacht I guess?

[–] mjr@infosec.pub 11 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

It's a bit of the case that they don't have many ways to restrict use and this is one of the few that they do, so it gets used.

But I agree that the private owners of water supply companies don't seem to have spent enough on maintenance or supply storage.

[–] DakRalter@thelemmy.club 1 points 5 days ago

Was it tony Bliar who got round a hosepipe ban by using the hosepipe to fill his water butt? I'm sure it was some politician anyway.

[–] tenebrisnox@feddit.uk 2 points 6 days ago

Is it still the case that people with a swimming pool in their back garden can get a note for their GP which can be used to apply for an exemption from the ban?