Neighbour and water

Andy_L

jimpwarsop said:

Andy_L said:

Although, as per masie_cat's post, some (all?) water companies don't let you use a sprinkler if you don't have a water meter

My supplier has never mentioned it .  My sprinkler will be on later.

sarah1972 said:

jimpwarsop said:

Andy_L said:

Although, as per masie_cat's post, some (all?) water companies don't let you use a sprinkler if you don't have a water meter

My supplier has never mentioned it .  My sprinkler will be on later.

Same here 

Are you sure, or have you just never bothered reading the bumph they send you? Which water co are you with?

Pollycat

powerful_Rogue said:

I'd mind my own business.

+1 to this.

elsien

Andy_L said:

jimpwarsop said:

MouldyOldDough said:

One of our neighbours has left his sprinkler running for the last week - all day and all night

He is NOT even on a meter

What would you do ?

Would you let the water company know - anonymously ?

I doubt anyone would leave a sprinkler running if they were on a meter.

If your neighbour is not on  a meter he is paying(through the nose) for "as much water as s/he wants", so, without restrictions being in place, he is at the H2O equivalent of an all you can eat buffet.

MYOB.

Although, as per masie_cat's post, some (all?) water companies don't let you use a sprinkler if you don't have a water meter

How would they know you were using one unless someone reported it? 

grandadgolfer

Well up here in Northumberland Kielder water is almost full so my sprinkler has been working overtime

Op still hasn't said which area they live in......and to be honest its nothing to do with them

Andy_L

elsien said:

Andy_L said:

jimpwarsop said:

MouldyOldDough said:

One of our neighbours has left his sprinkler running for the last week - all day and all night

He is NOT even on a meter

What would you do ?

Would you let the water company know - anonymously ?

I doubt anyone would leave a sprinkler running if they were on a meter.

If your neighbour is not on  a meter he is paying(through the nose) for "as much water as s/he wants", so, without restrictions being in place, he is at the H2O equivalent of an all you can eat buffet.

MYOB.

Although, as per masie_cat's post, some (all?) water companies don't let you use a sprinkler if you don't have a water meter

How would they know you were using one unless someone reported it? 

Seeing somebody with a suspiciously green lawn during a dry spell?

Grumpy_chap

Andy_L said:

Seeing somebody with a suspiciously green lawn during a dry spell?

A number of years ago, our Water Company did exactly that - flew over the area to spot green lawns and compare with records of who had meters / permission for hose pipe and then followed up discrepancies.  That was in a drought year, which we've not had declared for a number of years and has not been declared this year either.

We are now in the area going to compulsory water meters, so the whole hose pipe / meter issue will disappear and, I suppose, the metered costs will mean that use of sprinklers reduces.

That cannot be guaranteed though.  I went for a walk this morning and noted that the local sports stadium and local primary school both had sprinklers operating across their amenity grass areas.  These are both going to be on metered water but that does not seem to deter the desire for green grass.  Potentially, both could also gain some "doing the right thing" points by not watering the grass.

Norman_Castle

jimpwarsop said:

MouldyOldDough said:

One of our neighbours has left his sprinkler running for the last week - all day and all night

He is NOT even on a meter

What would you do ?

Would you let the water company know - anonymously ?

If your neighbour is not on  a meter he is paying(through the nose) for "as much water as s/he wants",

Some unmetered properties have low charges, often lower than if metered.

Sicard

The UK has had the driest July for 100 years and some areas will probably have hosepipe bans. I'm going to bookmark this topic just in case.

MouldyOldDough

They had their sprinkler running all of last night!!
But amazingly - their lawn is no better than ours! 

pulliptears

You know all those folk through covid who were keenly watching their neighbours and if they broke the rules etc?  Well, now they have something new to occupy them....