No rain at all in April - and finally it rains on 8th May!

Raspberry_Swirl

i'm with south east water and i'm pretty sure they never lifted last year's hosepipe ban.

jap200

Hillfly wrote: »

I live near Ashford in Kent too - but i'm certain the hosepie ban was lifted a while back? I hope so because i watered in some new grass seed just this weekend! I would never knowingly break a ban because i think water is a precious resource and should be treated a such. Are you sure the hosepipe ban still applies?

I'm just glad i bought the hardy drought resistant type of seed.
Digging the soil over was very hard going as it's so dry and hard.

Next year i'll be planting Cactii!

You're right! I just did search and found this:
http://www.midkentwater.co.uk/Press/hosepipebanlifted.htm

Funny how they make a big noise when it is put in place, but not when it is lifted - it had totally passed me by.

No doubt it will be back in force very soon though.
I think I am going to have to get myself a whole row of water butts - it it ever actually rains to fill them!

olly300

Raspberry_Swirl wrote: »

i'm with south east water and i'm pretty sure they never lifted last year's hosepipe ban.

They have.

My original link refers to the environment agency. http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk...erres/1014767/

There are currently no hosepipe bans in force and Mid Kent Water was the last to lift a hosepipe ban which was on 28th February 2007.

jap200

3rd May today and still no rain.

savemoney

We had a little rain in April but nothing substantial.

They say its the warmest April on record, well if it is its certainly not where I am, its been cold most of the time, and windy and several days of sea fret

Hillfly

No rain indeed but i did order my new shed yesterday!
Will be a lovely place to put the hose and sprinkler in long term storage.

BaileyB

Well lots of rain here next week according to reports. You need rain but why does it have to come everytime you book time off

Solomon_Broad

Trickle hoses attached to a water butt are perfectly legal whether there is a hosepipe ban in place or not.

Using a hose of any description, attached to unmodified mains water, with a hosepipe ban in place, is illegal.

You could save washing up water etc, put it in a water butt and water the garden with it through a hosepipe, with a hosepipe ban in place, and this would be legal.

When a hosepipe ban is in place, you can't use a hosepipe to water the garden/wash the car, etc, with potable water. You can do as you please once the water has been used for washing/cooking/cleaning/bathing etc, and water your garden with it however you want.

allen36_0

We're getting deeply parched earth here in east Scotland with large cracks - almost reminiscent of my time in Africa. Rain is needed soon.

What irritates me is newsreaders and even weather telecasters who as if bright hot sunny is always `good' and rain is `bad' - I assume they don't have gardens and no concern for public water supply.

Wig

I got back from holiday back to South Wales to find my 200 litre water butt full up. :j It was empty when I left.