United Utilities announce hosepipe ban - here's what it means for you - MSE News
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North west of England water supplier United Utilities has announced that a hosepipe ban will start on Sunday 5 August for its seven million customers...
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pretty annoyed with this. UU have put my water bills up year on year.
reported record profits year on year and paid their chief executive massive rises.
yet now they are imposing a hosepipe ban.
considering the lack of investment in new storage facilities. why does the customer suffer?
especially when UU sell their water down south?
which begs the question. when will i see a discount in my bills?
as down south they've seen discounts for poor service?0 -
Down south? You mean Crewe?
That's more or less as far south as they go.0 -
yet now they are imposing a hosepipe ban. ... why does the customer suffer?
However, they are considering reducing the frequency of drought permits use from one year in twenty to one in forty, more details starting on page 97. Their research didn't find significant customer support for making hosepipe bans less frequent.considering the lack of investment in new storage facilitiesespecially when UU sell their water down south?which begs the question. when will i see a discount in my bills?
as down south they've seen discounts for poor service?0 -
It's perhaps worth explaining some things you can still do:
1. wash cars and other vehicles with pressure washers
2. maintain ponds containing fish or other aquatic wildlife in captivity
3. use drip irrigation systems
4. water domestic food crops, including those on allotments
5. water newly laid turf for its first 28 days and new plants for 14 days
6. fill and maintain a new domestic swimming pool or any domestic swimming or paddling pool with covers or an approved water use reduction system
7. remove graffiti with a hosepipe
8. if you hold a blue badge, do just about everything that is otherwise banned0 -
Set your alarm for 3am ... sneak out and do it quietly ... crouch and be close to the grass to spray gently.
Water.... leg it.0 -
I note you are still allowed to water your veggies with a hosepipe. Not sure I would dare though. Some passer by is bound to say I was watering the nasturtiums! In any case I'm on a shared water supply with old pipework and low water flow so all that comes out of the hosepipe is a drip. Tbh I think I look ridiculous standing there with my limp hosepipe spewing out water at the grand rate of 4 litres a minute. If my neighbour is cavorting in the bath, doing the laundry or making a brew, make that 2 litres a minute.
Edit: Just read that as I am on the Priority Services Register, I'm exempt anyway so me and my limp pipework are good to go!0 -
Not sure that nasturniums fit the food crop definition but they are edible and grown to be eaten, not just for decoration. Even described as one of the tastiest edible annual flowers.0
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@jamesd
It's a shame that MSE Staff didn't put the list of things you can still do in their story. That would have been helpful for everyone reading that article.
Thank you for showing them how to be helpful.0 -
Of course if they just plugged some of the leaks we would all be able to use double our normal water. I wouldn't do that but it just makes the point that THEY are chucking our water away whilst we are at least mostly using it not wasting it.0
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surely the answer is to make meters compulsory in all properties as then people who do use a hose will be less wasteful with it.0
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