Stan The Man wrote:
a) hosepipe bans per se contribute very little to water savings since
gardeners use less than 1% of water (but the surrounding publicity does
lead, allegedly, to a reduction in domestic water use of the order of
10% - including savings made inside the home where the Govt has no
power to restrict usage short of the ultimate sanction of
standpipes/rota cuts)
I'd agree with every word of that.


b) the water shortage is much more to do with John Prescott's new house
building agenda

Well, quite.