Hosepipe Ban

Despite sending warning letters to 4200 people during the 9 month hospeipe ban, Thames Water have admitted that nobody was prosecuted for flouting the restrictions. The maximum penalty is £1000 but as we discussed last year, no water company (that we know of) decided to take court action over naughty...

Following our report yesterday that three water companies had lifted their hosepipe bans, Thames Water have now stated that their ban is over too. A spokesperson from Thames Water said: “The good news is that the recent wet weather has allowed us to fill our reservoirs. It has taken some time for...

At last, three water companies have lifted their hosepipe bans with the rest looking at following them. Southern Water, Sutton and East Surrey Water and Three Valleys Water all announced today that the lifting of restrictions would come into effect from midnight. This winter has seen all of England and...

Despite positive comments from Thames Water this weekend stating that the hosepipe ban being lifted was “increasingly likely”, they refused to name a date. Although we’ve recently seen higher than average rainfall, widespread flooding and reservoirs filled to the top, an end to the...

We just wanted to let everyone know that this website is going to be enhanced considerably over the coming weeks. In the past we’ve concentrated mainly on having rants about the hosepipe ban in an unorganised blog-style way. This will continue to an extent, but we also want to make this site the...

Even though we’re in the middle of a wet and windy winter the hosepipe bans stay in place with seven water companies. However, the Environment Agency is positive about the near future. They state the following this week: “A wet autumn and a wet start to the winter have meant most reservoirs...