Hosepipe ban comes into force across Sussex (From The Argus)
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Hosepipe ban comes into force across Sussex
9:03am Thursday 5th April 2012 in Features
Hundreds of thousands of Sussex residents are facing a £1,000 fine if they use their hosepipe after a restrictions were brought in today.
Southern Water and South East Water brought in the ban following one of the driest two-year periods on record.
Customers will no longer be able use their hosepipes for watering their gardens, washing cars or boats, hosing down patios and paths and filling swimming pools, ponds, fountains and paddling pools. Public parks and allotments will also be hit.
The firms insist they are necessary to preserve essential water supplies and protect the environment, in the face of drought which has left groundwater below 1976 levels in some places and rivers running dry.
Despite some rain the past few days the whole of the South East are officially in a state of drought.
The water firms bringing in restrictions say they are investing significant resources in fixing leaks, moving water resources from wetter to drier areas and encouraging their customers to save water.
But the Environment Agency has urged companies to do more to tackle leakage rates.
Southern Water estimated that the hosepipe ban would reduce water demand by around 5%.
Have you seen anyone wasting water? Contact news@theargus.co.uk or 01273 544519
Comments(16)
kkj
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10:21am Thu 5 Apr 12
"The firms insist they are necessary...."
This reads as though the firms are necessary, rather than the restrictions.
Fifth paragraph:
"....the whole of the South East are..."
should read "....the whole of the South East is...." - there is only one "whole of the South East".
MrsFreeps
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10:24am Thu 5 Apr 12
Pitviper
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10:28am Thu 5 Apr 12
MrsFreeps
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10:32am Thu 5 Apr 12
Spanners
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10:46am Thu 5 Apr 12
Am I allowed to use a hosepipe that runs from my bath i.e reusing bathwater that my toddler has just been in ?
Just interested as in both cases it would appear to the local curtain twitchers that I was flouting the law and get a £1000 fine wheras I am actually recycling water that would otherwise be lost. And finally, if I am allowed to do these things then how on earth is the ban actually enforceable ? Anyone could just claim to be doing the above, couldnt they ?
Fight Back
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10:50am Thu 5 Apr 12
fedupwithgreens
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10:53am Thu 5 Apr 12
anonymous coward
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1:36pm Thu 5 Apr 12
I'd like to see that tested. I think you'd be surprised how wrong you are.
@fedupwithgreens
You should consider changing your name to selfishinconsiderate
withillogicalchipons
houlder
Eric Northman
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3:43pm Thu 5 Apr 12
fedupwithgreens wrote:I've just finished watering my very large veg patch with a hosepipe, as far as I'm concerned everyone should ignore the ban and force Southern Water to do something other than the cheap/easy option of waiting for the stuff to fall from the sky.... desalination for example, it's about time they thought of their customers instead of their shareholders.
You can stick your ban up your junkter!!!!
mimseycal
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4:14pm Thu 5 Apr 12
Is it my imagination or have these hosepipe bans become more frequent since water companies were privatised?
toujaty
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5:09pm Thu 5 Apr 12
kkj wrote:This is a stupid and pointless contribution. Please add something to the debate other than grammar lectures.
Fourth paragraph: "The firms insist they are necessary...." This reads as though the firms are necessary, rather than the restrictions. Fifth paragraph: "....the whole of the South East are..." should read "....the whole of the South East is...." - there is only one "whole of the South East".
kkj
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7:24pm Thu 5 Apr 12
toujaty wrote:Like you did you mean?
kkj wrote:This is a stupid and pointless contribution. Please add something to the debate other than grammar lectures.
Fourth paragraph: "The firms insist they are necessary...." This reads as though the firms are necessary, rather than the restrictions. Fifth paragraph: "....the whole of the South East are..." should read "....the whole of the South East is...." - there is only one "whole of the South East".
You may consider it pointless, but when journalists, writing in their native language, make such elementary errors, I consider it a valuable service to them, and the wider community, to point out those errors in the expectation they won't be made again.
All my posdts are helpfully headed "kkj says"; please feel free to ignore them.
westpiergone
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10:41pm Thu 5 Apr 12
AngelicDevil
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8:35pm Fri 6 Apr 12
anonymous coward wrote:Having tested this myself (with several mates also!) I think YOU will be surprised!
@Fight Back
I'd like to see that tested. I think you'd be surprised how wrong you are.
@fedupwithgreens
You should consider changing your name to selfishinconsiderate
withillogicalchipons
houlder
5, 10 ltr buckets to do one car......far less water using the hose!
Would rather the water companies sorted out the leaks....maybe the fines collected during this ban can go towards fixing those?
mimseycal
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8:31am Sat 7 Apr 12
Apart from the fact that there is some loss of water as the bucket is carried to and fro, there is the spread of the suds that are being rinsed to consider as well.
A concentrated burst of water from a hose would be far more efficient. Therefore use less of the basic resource ... water
john5001 says...
9:48am Thu 5 Apr 12