Hosepipe Ban Rant

[Garvey]

I expect to pay for the water I use on my garden. What really aggrevates me is friends and colleagues who are not on a meter. One such person has bragged to me they have the lushest lawn in Somerset because he runs his hose 24 hours a day all on water rates - £25 per month! So the North West has a housepipe ban which means people like me who pay will not be able to maintain their gardens. How much of this is as a result of the abuse from those without meters. Why can't the water authorities get them on meters NOW!

[Alison]

If you live in the Cotswolds then our ban in the NW won't affect you at all

Also, I'm not on a meter but don't abuse water, have never watered my grass and have a significant amount of water butts. Yes some people abuse it but some people are like that

[Jeanied]

What's great, Garvey, is that you are water conscious. That is the way to be for future sustainability. So those of us who have ingenious water saving ideas are the trendsetters!

[Two_Sheds]

I've heard that if someone is using an unsupervised hosepipe, they will be forced to have a water meter. Dob them in, if you feel strongly enough

[Alison]

I've heard that if someone is using an unsupervised hosepipe, they will be forced to have a water meter. Dob them in, if you feel strongly enough

There's no point in reporting anybody unless they live in a ban area and that's just the NW at the moment so I presume the OP is just annoyed that they MIGHT get a ban which will mean they can't use a hose

[kerryp]

Im in the NW without a meter but it doesnt mean i use my water like its going out of fashion.... i do feel very daft filling my watering cans with a hose at the mo & then watering the plants that way rather than a quick 5mins with the hose. Although if your neighbour has his hosepipe on 24hrs a day then i would be complaining as well but dont tar all us non metered people with the same brush )

[Paulottie]

I can't see that a water meter makes that much difference to the extortionate bill anyway Indeed I do not have a meter, I am very frugal with water, and wouldn't dream of using a sprinkler on my lawn. My neighbour on the other hand seems to have the thing going during the hottest part of everyday.(no idea if they have a meter) what i found truly jawdropping is that it was aimed 95% at the gravel drive the other afternoon.....ignorant and selfish.

Nevermind... a hosepipe ban (or my summer holiday) is a surefire guarantee of floods.

[womble]

Isn't this turning into a bit of "rich man doesn't have to worry about the cost of water and has a lush green lawn" and everyone else looks after water.

Saying that I was at a rich mans house the other day and it was remarked about his green lawn. I don't care he said, no water meter, hose going all the time.
What can you say to people like that? Ignorant and doesn't care about anyone else but himself, you know the type, will argue himself blue in the face against anything to do with "greenness"

[Two_Sheds]

I've heard that if someone is using an unsupervised hosepipe, they will be forced to have a water meter. Dob them in, if you feel strongly enough

There's no point in reporting anybody unless they live in a ban area

Customers who must have a water meter
Under the Water Industry (Prescribed Conditions) Regulations 1999, there are circumstances where a water company can insist on the installation of a water meter. This is called "selective metering" and these circumstances can include:

* customers who have a swimming pool and ponds in excess of 10,000 litres
* customers using automatic watering devices (including sprinklers)
* customers with a power shower or an extra large bath

Why switch to a water meter on uSwitch.com?

[Flobalob]

Customers who must have a water meter
Under the Water Industry (Prescribed Conditions) Regulations 1999, there are circumstances where a water company can insist on the installation of a water meter. This is called "selective metering" and these circumstances can include:

* customers who have a swimming pool and ponds in excess of 10,000 litres
* customers using automatic watering devices (including sprinklers)
* customers with a power shower or an extra large bath

Why switch to a water meter on uSwitch.com?

Does the minister of large baths come round and measure them ?

[Alison]

Customers who must have a water meter
Under the Water Industry (Prescribed Conditions) Regulations 1999, there are circumstances where a water company can insist on the installation of a water meter. This is called "selective metering" and these circumstances can include:

* customers who have a swimming pool and ponds in excess of 10,000 litres
* customers using automatic watering devices (including sprinklers)
* customers with a power shower or an extra large bath

Why switch to a water meter on uSwitch.com?

OK the top one doesn't affect many of us but the other two will cover a lot of people on occaisions and I don't believe that any of the water companies have used this unless they have a particular policy to force the use of meters. I do however really love the idea of somebody (and in my head they look like John Cleese) coming round to measure my bath. Sadly for them it's pretty small and only used about once a year and our shower is a simple gravity one

[OverWyreGrower]

I do however really love the idea of somebody (and in my head they look like John Cleese) coming round to measure my bath.

A bath census.... do we get extra points cos ours is pink?

[janeyo]

I'm normally pink when I get out of mine

[Paulottie]

A bath census.... do we get extra points cos ours is pink?

....no just our sympathy!....we were faced with the full selection of 70's porcelain when we brought this place...including the classic Avocado, and that unnaturally orange Terracotta....10 years on and we still have a banana bathroom suite....beautiful quality.... just blo*dy yellow.

[Paulottie]

Back on topic for a quick rant....infact the wastage due to massive underinvestment in infrastructure and profit skimming by companies (The bill has doubled in the past ten years.) makes the odd bath just a drop in the ocean.