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Old 10-05-2006, 01:15 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Hosepipe ban oversimplified on TV?

VX writes

Ok I did find it eventually- it is section 76 on this url:

http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1991...n_9.htm#mdiv76

this is the whole section on temp hosepipe bans and it says:

Temporary hosepipe bans.

Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*76.‹(1)Â*Â*If a water undertaker is of the opinion that a serious
deficiency of water available for distribution by that undertaker exists or
is threatened, that undertaker may, for such period as it thinks necessary,
prohibit or restrict, as respects the whole or any part of its area, the use
for the purpose of‹
(a)Â*Â*watering private gardens; or
€ (b)Â*Â*washing private motor cars,
of any water supplied by that undertaker and drawn through a hosepipe or
similar apparatus.


Interesting! That could be argued to apply to 'grey water' unless you've
been filling your bath and washing machine with rainwater as opposed to
your household water system.


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