On Apr 29, 9:01*am, Martin wrote:
On Sun, 29 Apr 2012 00:36:02 -0700 (PDT), Doug
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On Apr 28, 7:03*pm, Dave Hill wrote:
I agree it will work itself out though and come down to averages in
the long-term but often the weather is damned inconvenient to say the
least and goes on for far too long.

But where would we be without weather?

Not much to talk about?

What I cannot understand though is why the floods we are having are
not being used to fill up reservoirs and so eliminate the hosepipe ban
when we get the next lengthy dry spell, which will leave our gardens
parched of essential moisture. Why is the floodwater just being left
to go into the sea instead of being diverted into reservoirs? Aren't
reservoirs served by rivers anyway? It would,probably take only a
small fraction of the floodwater to fill up our reservoirs.

because rain water is mixed with sewage.
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That's a bit of a generalisation,
Most rivers feeding reservoirs are above the main centers of
population so little chance of that form of polution, and here in
Wales even camping is prohibited in the catchment areas.