"Stan The Man" wrote in message
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On January 18, most of the water companies in the south east will
announce that they are lifting their hosepipe bans. Thames Water,
Southern Water, Three Valleys and Sutton & East Surrey Water will all
lift their hosepipe restrictions in response to the above average
winter rainfall. They join Folkestone & Dover water company which
lifted its ban on October 2.

Gardeners should therefore enjoy a trouble-free watering season since
it must be considered unlikely that the water companies will do an
about-turn once the weather warms up.

Dont you believe it, I heard a forecast of long dry summer after wet spring,
it will only take 2 or 3 weeks of dry weather to start the bans again, now
here in west midlands I beleive its been 30 years since we had a hosepipe
ban.
Thanks goodness for Welsh hills and the river severn.

regards
Cineman