[Brighton] Hosepipe Ban

[A1X]

Breaking news hours ago

Post in thread 'Hosepipe Ban'
https://www.northstandchat.com/threads/hosepipe-ban.395836/post-10708524

Of course it’s slow, OP said it was “Braking News”

 

[portlock seagull]

the population hasnt suddenly risen in East Sussex/Kent, so either people are hosing down lawns or they have a substantial leak somewhere.

cant understand why hose pipe ban didnt come in days ago and take effect immediatly - another 10 days of hose use isnt going to help anyone.

There are so many people who interpret bans as not applying to them. Thousands don’t give a monkeys and will continue to water lawns, wash cars, fill pools etc.

 

[beorhthelm]

There are so many people who interpret bans as not applying to them. Thousands don’t give a monkeys and will continue to water lawns, wash cars, fill pools etc.

of course that happens. most people will abide though, and would be much more effective if they said stop now.

 

[Muhammed - I’m hard - Bruce Lee]

We have had no water whatsoever since Monday mid-morning. The sole reason SEW have given is "it's hot, people are using more water" and they cannot pump enough to meet demand, which basically means we don't get any water until this resolves itself naturally. Their strategy to get water back to us was to wait for Autumn.

Under pressure from local MPs, they have now agreed to enact a hosepipe ban in the area, solely so they can get their levels back up / manage the demand.

Ironically, with a good throw, I could get a stone into Bewl from where I live.

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[Muhammed - I’m hard - Bruce Lee]

You must be near me then?
Wadhurst has had no water since early Monday morning, we now (as of 30 minutes ago) have water, albeit a funny brown colour.

 

[jcdenton08]

Water-way to have a good time - I’ll drink to that! Cheers!

 

[BRIGHT ON Q]

Wettest spring on record wasn't it?

 

[Weststander]

Wettest spring on record wasn't it?

BBC SE just spent a record breaking 20 minutes on this, live from Bewl Water. Reservoir levels are high.

This has been caused by unprecedented demand starting last Saturday. People going mad with their garden hoses on.

A King Canute attitude to gardening. Our climate is rapidly changing, every summer three months of intense heat. We need to adapt to different plants and not be obsessed with an artificially lush lawn.

 

[beorhthelm]

Wettest spring on record wasn't it?

Feb and March were ridilculously wet 1.5-2x normal rainfall. though it didnt seem to rain that much, when it did was a lot.

Dont remember much April showers. May into June dry, 1 day of rain in past 3 weeks?

 

[el punal]

Braking news - hose pipe ban. I’d better reel it in to a full stop then.

 

[HeaviestTed]

It’s infuriating that they leak so much, do nothing about it and then say we are out of water. We live on a f***ing island surrounded by water and apart from three months where it rains quite a lot, it rains all the f***ing time.

 

[mile oak]

https://www.southeastwater.co.uk/about/updates/tubs not imposed until 26th June, whats that mean in plain English?

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

https://www.southeastwater.co.uk/about/updates/tubs not imposed until 26th June, whats that mean in plain English?

It means they are lying about a ban starting now and are trying to scare people into submission a week before the ban really starts.

 

[dadams2k11]

I used to work on a very simple theory, having not seen a prosecution for breaking the rules for many, many years before I emigrated. A privatised company still charging its customers for a service it was not/could not provide would have to be very brave to risk losing a legal case, as nobody would ever take a blind bit of notice in the future. So. I continued to have a very green oasis in a sea of brown and yellow. Never did hear from the water company.

Oh I intend to give the lawn all the water it needs. They charge me enough.

 

[mile oak]

Oh I intend to give the lawn all the water it needs. They charge me enough.

Anyone from the water co. might hope no one is reading this thread in case a sudden surge of use emerges ahead of the 26th!

 

[dazzer6666]

It’s infuriating that they leak so much, do nothing about it and then say we are out of water. We live on a f***ing island surrounded by water and apart from three months where it rains quite a lot, it rains all the f***ing time.

We're surrounded by salt water though - not much use (given the cost of desalination)

 

[nickbrighton]

We're surrounded by salt water though - not much use (given the cost of desalination)

the thing i dont understand is that given we all know water is and will continue to be a bigger and bigger issue, not just here, but almost everywhere, why isnt there more research and developement going in to finding cheap efficient ways to desalinate sea water, of which we have plenty!
As with all things its very expensive at the start, but we never hear of any research or progress. To me it seems a no brainer given 75% of the planet is covered in the stuff!

 

[dazzer6666]

the thing i dont understand is that given we all know water is and will continue to be a bigger and bigger issue, not just here, but almost everywhere, why isnt there more research and developement going in to finding cheap efficient ways to desalinate sea water, of which we have plenty!
As with all things its very expensive at the start, but we never hear of any research or progress. To me it seems a no brainer given 75% of the planet is covered in the stuff!

Probably cheaper to move it from the North…..

 

[timbha]

the thing i dont understand is that given we all know water is and will continue to be a bigger and bigger issue, not just here, but almost everywhere, why isnt there more research and developement going in to finding cheap efficient ways to desalinate sea water, of which we have plenty!
As with all things its very expensive at the start, but we never hear of any research or progress. To me it seems a no brainer given 75% of the planet is covered in the stuff!

If we lived in the desert and had oil then things might be different.

 

[happypig]

As I understand it, it's not reservoir levels, it's storage and supply of treated water. Must be all the hundreds of thousands of people that suddenly and without warning moved here; I mean if they had any inkling that demand would rise they could have built more treatment/storage capacity.
It's a problem of their own making and I will use the water in my water butts (I've got about 2500 litres dotted around the garden) to water my vegetables. If/when that runs out I'll refill them with a hose at night.