What would you do??

puddy

you dont know his personal circumstances. i used a pressure washer the other weekend to clean our patio. i have slipped on the patio in the rain several times due to algae. by the time i got to borrow the karcher from my parents, the ban was in place and it was boiling hot weather

i had already phoned the water company to clarify that i was cleaning it due to a health and safety issue which is allowed. however, i didnt feel the need to inform all my neighbours of this conversation with the water board. no doubt they couldnt believe i had the nerve to use loads and loads of water, on a boiling hot day during a hosepipe ban.

Mrs_Imp

I know the hosepipe ban seems strange, but there is a good reason for it. In the areas still covered by the ban, the majority of your water comes from aquifers. These are usually replenished with winter rain, but we've had two very dry winters, so they are at low levels. Summer rain doesn't get to the aquifers as efficiently as winter rain, so you can end up with this weird situation where we have endless rain, but still a hosepipe ban. Hopefully not for much longer though. Not that anyone really needs to use a hosepipe at the moment anyway - just take your sponge and soap and wash your car in the next rain shower

Sambucus_Nigra

Person_one wrote: »

Confront him! He clearly has no respect for the law or for the precious resource that is drinkable water, call him an over-privileged bourgeois pig and throw his sponge at him!


(Just for as bit of variety. )

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marisco_2

Lizzybop wrote: »

When I arrived home this afternoon my across the road neighbour was quite happily washing his car wth his hosepipe - and not being careful about it.

Would you say anything, or report him to the water company, or just leave it?

He has had a number of 'disagreements' with other neighbours and is capable of nasty & petty actions.

The part I have highlighted above would put me off reporting him if I were you. I would think one of the other neighbours who he has crossed swords with in the past, will be on the blower grassing him up, quicker than a pigeon could ruin his handy work on his car. Believe in a bit of karma coming back to haunt him and live your life in peace and quiet. Avoid discord with neighbours at all costs is my advice.

tesuhoha

I wouldn't report him. The Director of Thames Water has just been paid a bonus of £420,000. They should be spending this money on improving the system. Why should we who pay our extortionate water rates each month be under restrictions when so much of our money (and water) goes down the drain.

bigmomma051204

cottonhead wrote: »

I would leave it 100 %. Its not harming anyone and yes its a bit annoying but not worth causing trouble over. Its just like telling tales if you ask me. There are also some exceptions to the hosepipe ban - people with disabled car badges for example, so you might actually end up being the one in the wrong.

Really??? How so? (not arguing, just interested!)

puddy

disabled people are allowed to use hosepipes during the ban. they are not expected to carry heavy buckets around the garden. they dont need a blue badge on their car but do need to be registered disabled

puddy

tesuhoha wrote: »

I wouldn't report him. The Director of Thames Water has just been paid a bonus of £420,000. They should be spending this money on improving the system. Why should we who pay our extortionate water rates each month be under restrictions when so much of our money (and water) goes down the drain.

this was questioned some months back on news night and the spokesman for thames water had no shame in saying that their priority is their share holders. simple as that.

cottonhead

Each water authority has published a list of what is and what isnt acceptable.There are more 'acceptbale' thngs on there than you might think. The blue badge thing is because you have to meet certain criteria to be eligible for the badge in the first place - criteria that would mean using a bucket is not practicle. Its just a way to establish that someone has a 'considerable' difficulty with their mobility rather than someone calling themselves disabled because they just feel a bit under the weather and then using their 'disability' to get away with using a hosepipe.

[Deleted User]

Leave it alone. The fine is to deter people whilst water stocks are replenished. Look at the sky over the last week and you'll realise there's no moral problem with using lots of water at the moment.