Comments on: About This Website http://www.hosepipeban.org.uk Resources and discussion on the hosepipe ban, drought and water shortage Fri, 04 Nov 2011 09:48:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Hose http://www.hosepipeban.org.uk/about/#comment-1635 Hose Fri, 05 Jan 2007 18:49:50 +0000 #comment-1635 Thanks for your comment Bookmark. So why do they need to take more water from rivers? Maybe due to the fact they're inefficient at fixing their leaky pipes? Thanks for your comment Bookmark.

So why do they need to take more water from rivers? Maybe due to the fact they’re inefficient at fixing their leaky pipes?

]]> By: Bookmark http://www.hosepipeban.org.uk/about/#comment-1634 Bookmark Fri, 05 Jan 2007 18:37:19 +0000 #comment-1634 Jan 5th 2007, after several months of rain in SE england the ban is still in place. The reason is that the water companies need a hosepipe ban in order for them to be granted drought orders allowing them to take more water from rivers. To lift the ban would be to admit that the so called drought is over. Jan 5th 2007, after several months of rain in SE england the ban is still in place. The reason is that the water companies need a hosepipe ban in order for them to be granted drought orders allowing them to take more water from rivers. To lift the ban would be to admit that the so called drought is over.

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