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Hosepipe Ban - Waterbombs

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Not really a consumer rights question but not sure where to put this. There is a hosepipe ban on the NW starting in a few days.

If you fill up waterbombs from an outside tap does this violate the ban?
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  • neilmcl
    neilmcl Posts: 19,460 Forumite
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    JReacher1 wrote: »
    Not really a consumer rights question but not sure where to put this. There is a hosepipe ban on the NW starting in a few days.

    If you fill up waterbombs from an outside tap does this violate the ban?
    No, but hardly water saving is it?

    Full details of the ban can be found here: https://www.unitedutilities.com/globalassets/documents/tubfinalweb1.pdf
  • DigForVictory
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    Not sure how well they store?

    My scouts have scattered on summer holidays now so water fights not an issue. Fingers crossed all back to normal by September!
  • JReacher1
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    neilmcl wrote: »
    No, but hardly water saving is it?

    Full details of the ban can be found here: https://www.unitedutilities.com/globalassets/documents/tubfinalweb1.pdf

    Thanks, looks like I can use them without being fined!

    I've got about 700 of the things I need to get rid of and I don't want to wait until winter!
  • Fosterdog
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    Ah, yet more plastic to end up polluting the environment
  • Aylesbury_Duck
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    I think there's a moral consideration here, rather than just a legal/financial one. There's a ban in place to help preserve water for essential uses. I doubt waterbombs are considered essential. I get all the arguments about water companies not addressing their leaks and penalising customers instead but it is a finite resource after all and whatever the reason for potential scarcity in supply, it's everyone's duty to not waste water.
  • powerful_Rogue
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    I think there's a moral consideration here, rather than just a legal/financial one. There's a ban in place to help preserve water for essential uses. I doubt waterbombs are considered essential. I get all the arguments about water companies not addressing their leaks and penalising customers instead but it is a finite resource after all and whatever the reason for potential scarcity in supply, it's everyone's duty to not waste water.


    If only we lived on an island surrounded by the precious liquid.
  • DoaM
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    If only we lived on an island surrounded by the precious liquid.

    Technically speaking it's still a finite resource ... it's just that the definition of "finite" in that instance is beyond normal comprehension. :)
  • JReacher1
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    edited 26 July 2018 at 12:03PM
    Fosterdog wrote: »
    Ah, yet more plastic to end up polluting the environment

    Waterbombs are not made from plastic.

    They are made from a natural rubber (or latex) and are biogradable.

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  • Fosterdog
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    edited 26 July 2018 at 12:04PM
    They take at least four years to degrade, they have chemicals added so can't really "biodegrade" and can cause plenty of harm to wildlife in that time.

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  • PasturesNew
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    I'd be more worried about overpopulation of the country and planet ... than a few waterbombs in somebody's garden until he scraped them up and shoved them in the bin.
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