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Topic ID 6499
01/04/2012 by James007
Temporary Hosepipe Ban for Hertford
Forget the jerrycans - Fill up your watering cans!
[url="http://www.hosepipeban.org.uk/2012/03/28/veolia-water-southeast-hosepipe-ban-restrictions-2012/"]Hosepipe ban from 5th April[/url]
Veolia Water Southeast’s statement:
The water-use restriction categories for the Temporary Use Ban are listed below. These restrictions will come into effect from Thursday 5 April 2012 until further notice.
watering a garden using a hosepipe (except the watering of a field of play to be used for a national or international sporting event)
cleaning a private motor-vehicle using a hosepipe
watering plants on domestic or other non-commercial premises using a hosepipe (except by persons who are registered disabled and/or are of extreme frailty, conditional in each case upon prior written approval and the terms and conditions set out in the Exceptions Policy published on the Veolia Water website)
cleaning a private leisure boat using a hosepipe
filling or maintaining a domestic swimming or paddling pool
drawing water, using a hosepipe, for domestic recreational use
filling or maintaining a domestic pond using a hosepipe
filling or maintaining an ornamental fountain
cleaning walls, or windows, of domestic premises using a hosepipe
cleaning paths or patios using a hosepipe
cleaning other artificial outdoor surfaces using a hosepipe
The following information applies to each activity:
Legislation:
All eleven activities are covered by the Water Industry Act 1991 section 76 as amended by
the FWMA 2010 (i.e. temporary water use bans).
“Using a hosepipe”
The Water Use (Temporary Bans) Order 2010 provides the definition of “using a hosepipe” in
relation to the Water Industry Act 1991 as including:
a) Drawing relevant water through a hosepipe from a container and applying it for the
purpose; and
b) Filling or partly filling a container with relevant water by means of a hosepipe and applying
it for the purpose.
A reference to a hosepipe includes anything designed, adapted or used for the same purpose
as a hosepipe (Section 76A(5) of the Water Industry Act 1991).
“Relevant water” refers to mains water i.e. supplied by the water undertaker; it does not
include water supplied before the water use restriction was implemented.
For further definitions and exemptions, please see Veolia’s website: https://southeast.veoliawater.co.uk/docs/drought-restrictions-explained.pdf
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Reply ID 87074
01/04/2012 by Steve
"The worst drought for three decades is forcing the Government to call for Britain's gardeners to hand in their hosepipes under a nationwide amnesty, The Independent on Sunday has learnt.
People living in areas where the ban comes into force on Thursday are to be given the opportunity to surrender garden hoses at local police stations. Water providers have already set up phone lines so that people can report neighbours who flout the ban, but now the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has asked the police to set up "hosepipe bins" at stations for people to deposit their sprinklers and hoses.
The Government hopes the "Hand in Your Hose" campaign will help to build compliance with the ban and remove the water-guzzling devices from gardens permanently in regions which are most vulnerable to drought, such as the South-east. Anybody caught watering their lawns and flowerbeds or filling paddling pools with a hosepipe after 5 April could face a £1,000 fine.
A pilot scheme was being trialled yesterday in Kingston-upon-Thames. By midday a queue had already formed on the steps of the police station, as people prepared to hand over a variety of watering and sprinkling systems. Jo Cobley, 42, was waiting with her son Daniel, eight, and her 30m Maxi Pro Hozelock. "It seems a shame because I love my hose," she said, "but it makes sense to hand it in when you've got kids because they might play with it when you're not looking." In return, they were being given a free "I've piped down!" badge.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/amnesty-for-hosepipe-owners-as-drought-bites-7606223.html
Reply ID 87076
01/04/2012 by Rachel
Steve, it's after midday!
Reply ID 87077
01/04/2012 by James007
quote:
Originally posted by Rachel
Steve, it's after midday!
[:o)] [:D]
Reply ID 87080
02/04/2012 by Kateg28
Aren't you normally exempt if you are on a water meter (as you are directly paying for the water you use)?
I cannot find anything on this.
Reply ID 87082
02/04/2012 by buzz
quote:
Originally posted by Kateg28
Aren't you normally exempt if you are on a water meter (as you are directly paying for the water you use)?
I cannot find anything on this.
I don't think people with water meters are exempt. The purpose of the ban is to conserve water.
Reply ID 87088
02/04/2012 by Kateg28
They usually exempt people on meters though. We pay for what we use so we naturally conserve water and we already employ the measures they are advising to some degree.
For what it is worth I don't actually want to use a hosepipe at the moment but I wondered why the exemption was missing this time.
Reply ID 87089
02/04/2012 by Louis M
quote:
Originally posted by Kateg28
They usually exempt people on meters though. We pay for what we use so we naturally conserve water and we already employ the measures they are advising to some degree.
For what it is worth I don't actually want to use a hosepipe at the moment but I wondered why the exemption was missing this time.
I have never heard of this.
This isnt the case:
http://www.ofwat.gov.uk/sustainability/waterresources/metering/ Reply ID 87090
02/04/2012 by codek2
what about filling a water butt, attached to a greenhouse for later watering of plants? hmm..
Reply ID 87100
02/04/2012 by jez_p
My reading is that as long as you fill the water butt before the 5th April you are OK
Reply ID 87104
03/04/2012 by codek2
done that. problem is in summer it only lasts a week or so!!
lets just hope for some april downpours!
And you're right too, see here it talks about using a container:
https://central.veoliawater.co.uk/docs/drought-restrictions-explained-29-March.pdf
Hey ho!
Also; Paddling pools is banned. Seems a bit harsh on the kiddys! Pah.
Ah; But you can fill up a pond containing fish. Or maybe even a water butt with 1 fish in it [:p]
Reply ID 87106
03/04/2012 by Ewoowar
You can still water your garden only not with a hose. Use a watering can.
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