In article , Sacha writes:
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| I wonder if there are any regulations pro or con people building water
| reservoirs for their own use? If we are going to get dryer weather and
| longer hot spells, that may become desirable with new build houses, for
| example. I'm remembering that my aunt and uncle in Jersey have a reservoir
| under their lawn because they're not on mains water. Normally, it's kept
| filled up by rainwater, I think but if need be, they can buy water by the
| tanker load. However, the dim recesses of memory tell me that water boards
| were not keen on private reservoirs, possibly because they would reduce
| their own revenue.

Oh, yes, there are regulations - and laws and bylaws and rules and guidelines
and misinformation and ignorance and more regulations ....

The executive summary is that you are certainly allowed to do that, but
may well be told that you aren't, and may have to take the water company
to court to prove that you are. But God alone knows exactly which of the
zillion aforesaid hindrances will force you to jump through hoops that
make no sense at all.

I have a posting somewhere where a USA science laboratory were building
a vacuum room and had to fill in a safety assessment form. Vacuum was
classed as an asphyxiating gas (not unreasonably), but the application
was rejected becaue they hadn't answered questions loke the following:

When the gas has been vented to the atmosphere, what procedures do
you follow to ensure that there are no pockets of gas left in the
room?


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.