Will affect this area too - like you I'm in Northants Ian.I assume this will affect the literally hundreds of 'Hand car scratchers washes" in Northants & elsewhere for the ban?
Seven water companies in southern and eastern England have said they will impose water restrictions after two very dry winters have left reservoirs, aquifers and rivers below normal levels.Southern Water, South East Water, Thames Water, Anglian Water, Sutton and East Surrey, Veolia Central and Veolia South East will enforce hosepipe bans.
Quote from: Jaywoo-GTI on March 13, 2012, 10:43:14 am25 litre drum of deionised water, can run your pressure washer of it and wont leave any watermarks on your car, can be bought for just over a tenner.Either that or wash your windows and drive a lot more with your can in the way? QuoteHose Ban Can & Can'ts But what does a hosepipe ban really mean? Thanks to the drought laws, the answer is no. Even under a hosepipe ban there are still lots of permitted hosepipe uses. Of course, you aren’t allowed to water the garden with one, or to wash the car but here are just a few of the things you can do:•Use a hose or pressure washer to clean paths, patios, boats, windows, garden furniture, barbecues and much else which is neither garden nor car•Use a hose to fill ponds, paddling pools, swimming pools and other containers•Use a hose to wash down pets, horses – or with a spray head to take showers outdoors•Use a hose with a backflow prevention valve to fill livestock drinking troughs•Use a hose to put out a fire•Use a hose to mix cement or for any other DIY job•Use a hose for childrens’ playBut for the record, here is the full list of possible prohibitions from the new Act:•Watering a garden using a hosepipe;•Cleaning a private motor-vehicle using a hosepipe;•Watering plants on domestic or other non-commercial premises using a hosepipe;•Cleaning a private leisure boat using a hosepipe;•Filling or maintaining a domestic swimming or paddling pool;•Drawing water, using a hosepipe, for domestic recreational use;•Filling or maintaining a domestic pond using a hosepipe;•Filling or maintaining an ornamental fountain;•Cleaning walls, or windows, of domestic premises using a hosepipe;•Cleaning paths or patios using a hosepipe;•Cleaning other artificial outdoor surfaces using a hosepipe.A water company seeking to impose a hosepipe ban can elect to prohibit one or more of these specific uses but cannot prohibit any use not on this list. So even if all the options are enforced, there will still be a number of hosepipe uses which cannot be banned.where did you get that list from.half the list seems to contradict itself
25 litre drum of deionised water, can run your pressure washer of it and wont leave any watermarks on your car, can be bought for just over a tenner.Either that or wash your windows and drive a lot more with your can in the way? QuoteHose Ban Can & Can'ts But what does a hosepipe ban really mean? Thanks to the drought laws, the answer is no. Even under a hosepipe ban there are still lots of permitted hosepipe uses. Of course, you aren’t allowed to water the garden with one, or to wash the car but here are just a few of the things you can do:•Use a hose or pressure washer to clean paths, patios, boats, windows, garden furniture, barbecues and much else which is neither garden nor car•Use a hose to fill ponds, paddling pools, swimming pools and other containers•Use a hose to wash down pets, horses – or with a spray head to take showers outdoors•Use a hose with a backflow prevention valve to fill livestock drinking troughs•Use a hose to put out a fire•Use a hose to mix cement or for any other DIY job•Use a hose for childrens’ playBut for the record, here is the full list of possible prohibitions from the new Act:•Watering a garden using a hosepipe;•Cleaning a private motor-vehicle using a hosepipe;•Watering plants on domestic or other non-commercial premises using a hosepipe;•Cleaning a private leisure boat using a hosepipe;•Filling or maintaining a domestic swimming or paddling pool;•Drawing water, using a hosepipe, for domestic recreational use;•Filling or maintaining a domestic pond using a hosepipe;•Filling or maintaining an ornamental fountain;•Cleaning walls, or windows, of domestic premises using a hosepipe;•Cleaning paths or patios using a hosepipe;•Cleaning other artificial outdoor surfaces using a hosepipe.A water company seeking to impose a hosepipe ban can elect to prohibit one or more of these specific uses but cannot prohibit any use not on this list. So even if all the options are enforced, there will still be a number of hosepipe uses which cannot be banned.
Hose Ban Can & Can'ts But what does a hosepipe ban really mean? Thanks to the drought laws, the answer is no. Even under a hosepipe ban there are still lots of permitted hosepipe uses. Of course, you aren’t allowed to water the garden with one, or to wash the car but here are just a few of the things you can do:•Use a hose or pressure washer to clean paths, patios, boats, windows, garden furniture, barbecues and much else which is neither garden nor car•Use a hose to fill ponds, paddling pools, swimming pools and other containers•Use a hose to wash down pets, horses – or with a spray head to take showers outdoors•Use a hose with a backflow prevention valve to fill livestock drinking troughs•Use a hose to put out a fire•Use a hose to mix cement or for any other DIY job•Use a hose for childrens’ playBut for the record, here is the full list of possible prohibitions from the new Act:•Watering a garden using a hosepipe;•Cleaning a private motor-vehicle using a hosepipe;•Watering plants on domestic or other non-commercial premises using a hosepipe;•Cleaning a private leisure boat using a hosepipe;•Filling or maintaining a domestic swimming or paddling pool;•Drawing water, using a hosepipe, for domestic recreational use;•Filling or maintaining a domestic pond using a hosepipe;•Filling or maintaining an ornamental fountain;•Cleaning walls, or windows, of domestic premises using a hosepipe;•Cleaning paths or patios using a hosepipe;•Cleaning other artificial outdoor surfaces using a hosepipe.A water company seeking to impose a hosepipe ban can elect to prohibit one or more of these specific uses but cannot prohibit any use not on this list. So even if all the options are enforced, there will still be a number of hosepipe uses which cannot be banned.
Seriously, are they going to send out the water police!!!We are on a ****ing island surrounded by water, I pay my rates, it's not my fault they don't have the infrastructure to deal with it.I will be washing my car and watering my garden as normal, if a neighbour dobs me in I will set fire to there house and the firebrigade will have to use buckets to put it out.**joking of course.
