Please note that the answers to these questions are for guidance only. Always clarify things with your local water company as rules do differ from company to company and year to year.
- What’s a hosepipe?
- Which areas currently have a hosepipe ban in place?
- What’s an aquifer?
- If there’s a hosepipe ban, can you water your garden with a watering can?
- Are allotments exempt from hosepipe bans?
- How are commercial gardeners affected by a hosepipe ban?
- What is restricted during the 2012 hosepipe bans?
- Disabled and over 65s exemptions
- Animals And The Hosepipe Ban
Got a question? Please email info@hosepipeban.org.uk and we’ll try to answer it.

can patios be jet sprayed clean from foxes mess or is this included with the ban
You can use a hosepipe for health and safety reasons so if you’re happy this is a health and safety issue you may use it.