Comments on: This Year’s Hosepipe Ban – The Facts

By: Les Denton

Les Denton — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 08:43:02 +0000

UK is surrounded by water why can’t we do as other countries do and desalinate.

By: Hose

Hose — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 20:29:19 +0000

You could try contacting individual water companies or perhaps the Enivironment Agency.

From the PR water companies put out I’d say it does conserve water, albeit temporarily.

By: rahim

rahim — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 15:05:14 +0000

hey can anyone provide me with stats as to whether or not the ban works in conserving water or not.

By: Hose

Hose — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:16:40 +0000

There are no hosepipe bans in place right now in any part of the country.

By: medel

medel — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:20:36 +0000

Is warrington,cheshire still on a hosepipe ban? thanks

By: Dave Reid

Dave Reid — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 11:31:14 +0000

Legaly United Futilities actually own all the water that falls from the sky in their area(daft as it sounds), even farmers don’t own the water in the ponds on their land.It is the use of a hose pipe that is banned and nothing to do with water being processed. Sorry but all this is LEGALY TRUE. The law is an ASS.

By: Stephen Morris

Stephen Morris — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 21:09:23 +0000

I use an hose pipe to water my garden, i use the water from my water butt with a pump, i also have an inspection pit in my garage that is no longer used, can’t fit car in for one thing and besides it lets water in, thats a pit 5ft deep 3ft wide and 5ft long full of water and i use a submersible pump attached to an hose pipe to water my garden, but due to amount of rain we get in Manchester this is very rare. United Utilities can only put a ban on the water that they process, as this is my rain water that is gathered and stored i there for use an hose pipe on the garden.

By: Rilo

Rilo — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 10:21:38 +0000

I use a pressure washer but it uses water from my water butts – I’ve got a submersible pump.

Can I still use this ?

By: John Taylor

John Taylor — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 17:47:51 +0000

I am a plumber and heating engineer by trade, you say there is a “hose pipe” ban so does that mean I am allowed to get some plasic water pipe and pipe it to the cold water and wash my car that way ad it is not a hose pipe. I agree with that I use more water to rinse my car off with buckets than using a hose pipe with a gun on the end do is not saving water.

By: Simon Peters

Simon Peters — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 13:51:41 +0000

your all quite pathetic in my opinion.
i bet before this hosepipe ban none of you even needed your hosepipe as much as when your not allowed to,its knowing your not allowed to that makes you think you need it, i think UU are quite reasonable to allow buckets as if you actually travel to the resauvoirs and see them for yourself you will see the seriousness of the situation.

you complain about them not fixing leaks and such however how many workmen do you think they have? clearly they are trying to fix all the problems but they dont have a man on every corner. its not that they can’t be bothered, as its costing them money for every leak and damage.

stop complaining and get on with yor life, its BRITAIN, there’ll be rain in half an hour.