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Hosepipe bans come off tomorrow
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. |
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Hosepipe bans come off tomorrow
"Stan The Man" wrote 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. They would have a job explaining the continuance of a ban considering the height and speed of flow of the water in the Thames at the moment. Not going to take much more rain for it to flood big time around here, friend nearer the river says it's already 8 inches deep in his basement. -- Regards Bob H 17mls W. of London.UK |
Hosepipe bans come off tomorrow
"Stan The Man" wrote in message ... 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 |
Hosepipe bans come off tomorrow
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wrote: "Stan The Man" wrote in message ... 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 No, they are hoist with their own petard. As they explained to us repeatedly over the past year, it is not the spring and summer weather that causes water shortages but the lack of rain in the winter months at a time when it would be recharging the aquifers without much evaporation or take-up by growing trees and other plants. They can hardly change their tune now. |
Hosepipe bans come off tomorrow
Stan The Man wrote:
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. Shouldn't we all be considering 'rainwater harvesting' these days? ie. collecting water for free off a house/shed/greenhouse roof. Antony -- Delete 'SP_BLK_' to reply |
Hosepipe bans come off tomorrow
In article , Antony Legat
antony@nospamthanks wrote: Stan The Man wrote: 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. Shouldn't we all be considering 'rainwater harvesting' these days? ie. collecting water for free off a house/shed/greenhouse roof. Do you include the water companies? You do know that they don't channel this almost-clean water back to their reservoir? If they have been happy for years to allow it to flow out to sea, it doesn't exactly set a good example. And so-called greywater recycling systems are potentially dangerous of course. I believe they have been outlawed in Sweden. |
Hosepipe bans come off tomorrow
Bob Hobden wrote:
"Stan The Man" wrote 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. They would have a job explaining the continuance of a ban considering the height and speed of flow of the water in the Thames at the moment. Not going to take much more rain for it to flood big time around here, friend nearer the river says it's already 8 inches deep in his basement. Actually, In that area water is taken largely from underground aquifers, not rivers. For that to fill up water has to seep through ground and rocks so the height/flow of rivers is, unfortunately, not entirely relevant. The problems are getting worse because more building/tarmac means less rain soaking in, and more running off into rivers. At the same time more dwellings use more water used. Brick. |
Hosepipe bans come off tomorrow
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... Actually, In that area water is taken largely from underground aquifers, not rivers. For that to fill up water has to seep through ground and rocks so the height/flow of rivers is, unfortunately, not entirely relevant. The problems are getting worse because more building/tarmac means less rain soaking in, and more running off into rivers. At the same time more dwellings use more water used. Brick. It is on these grounds that I have opposed planning applications and won the cases. One only has to put a 'sting in the tail' of the opposition letter, such as a warning of future flooding affecting certain houses and that 'if planning permission is granted, then this letter can be used as a warning and claims made against the Planning Authority if said houses are flooded' and copied to the houses which will be in the flooding line. This has worked on three occasions for our surrounding area. Mike -- .................................................. ......... Royal Naval Electrical Branch Association www.rnshipmates.co.uk www.nsrafa.com |
Hosepipe bans come off tomorrow
"Brick" wrote... Bob Hobden wrote: "Stan The Man" wrote 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. They would have a job explaining the continuance of a ban considering the height and speed of flow of the water in the Thames at the moment. Not going to take much more rain for it to flood big time around here, friend nearer the river says it's already 8 inches deep in his basement. Actually, In that area water is taken largely from underground aquifers, not rivers. For that to fill up water has to seep through ground and rocks so the height/flow of rivers is, unfortunately, not entirely relevant. The problems are getting worse because more building/tarmac means less rain soaking in, and more running off into rivers. At the same time more dwellings use more water used. They always did pump it out of the Thames especially in the winter when the river was in spate, could it be that because it's expensive to run the pumps and it then requires a lot of expensive filtering it's cheaper to use the clean rock/gravel filtered underground water and shout "draught" when it gets low. Or am I just being cynical about privatised water companies. Relatives in Adelaide tell me that since their water went private their reservoirs are never more than half full whereas before they were always full going into summer. Local consensus is that the Co. won't pay to pump. -- Regards Bob H 17mls W. of London.UK |
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