The Great Use Less Water Hunt

gromituk

headintheclouds wrote:

I am very cross about some people's attitude towards the current water shortage. My neighbours have been out all day and left a housepipe and sprinkler running. We are in a Thames Water area - hence there is a ban.

Well I hope you've reported them.

helenstuff

Another showering tip... what about using leave-in conditioner to save having to rinse?

sandieb

Steve_Boorman wrote:

I have also found a very useful gadget which replaces the nozzle on the basin taps and produces a fine spray of water ...saving up to 70%.http://www.tapmagic.co.uk/index.html again this is cheap and easy to fit.

Just looked at that website and think I'll order from them.

I liked their quote

“WHEN THE WELL IS DRY,
WE ALL KNOW THE WORTH OF WATER”
Benjamin Franklin

headintheclouds

gromituk wrote:

Well I hope you've reported them.

It's a tricky one. As they're on the end of the road, I'm probably the only who could know about the sprinkler, and they're a bit scary. I think they could make my life quite difficult if they thought I'd reported them. Think I will have to find a way of introducing it gently into a conversation so that I seem helpful and concerned rather than having a go at them.

gromituk

I've heard stories of helicopters flying around (!) to look for people using hosepipes, so perhaps you can blame it on one of those!

headintheclouds

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

save-a-lot

Hi

I have just bought a diverter from https://www.watertwo.co.uk via eBay, it diverts bath and shower water to a water butt. Cost £30.



Having kids we use quite alot of bath water, so this will help us get a second use.

Jays

gromituk wrote:

I've heard stories of helicopters flying around (!) to look for people using hosepipes, so perhaps you can blame it on one of those!

I've read about this too, they look for lush green lawns etc, comparied with their neighbours brown dry lawns. (Not as daft as it sounds)

oldandhappy

Really surprised at this...brochure with our local paper this week...Hose can be used to fill water butts and containers...I Live in East Sussex where we have had a hose ban since 2005...

DGGS_2

Well you know the meadia - "don't let the truth get in the way of a good story!":rotfl: