[NN2Blue]

Is this common place across the land?  

[arugula]

Trying to discourage unauthorised use of hosepipes?

[Aunt Sally]

How can they do that ?

As long as you don't use hoses you can use watering cans.  We turn our water on and off ourselves.

[azubah]

We have a stopcock and turn ours on, too.

[mumofstig]

or have the Council/allotment committee made that decision themselves?
legally you are allowed to fill a watering can at the tap to water veggies

[lucywil]

I have been trying to find out if this is going to happen at our plots but the guy in charge is not answering my emails,  the council are under no obligation to provide water on allotments, there are plenty of sites around the country with no water supply

[mattwragg94]

good point lucy - but all those people that have plots that provide water have to pay for it - so they are paying for something that they are not getting!

[Lastcast]

Our water is left on at the moment, will be policed by plot holders, have been advised that anyone caught using a hose will be reported to the council and possibly evicted from the field.

[Alastair-I]

I'm not sure what our £2/plot for water rates and national federation rates gets us, but our site has no mains water supply and no mains drainage.

If you have an Anglian Water mains supply for them to turn on and off, then your one up on us.. ..

[Robert_S]

I don't think the council have any duty to enforce the hosepipe ban have they?

Rant mode: "(Anglian Water) spent £14 million pounds tackling the problem on the pipe network last year - fixing 24,000 leaks since April 2011. But it's still losing 212 million litres every day." (from ITV news)

In other news (from 2011): "Anglian Water’s profits of £709m...."

14m repairing leaks, 709m profit.  Nice.

[catweazle]

not realy a answer to the post but one of my plot neighbours has got a rather good gadget

as im not sure wht the rules are about linking to products on here just google 'wheel barrow water carrier'

realy saves on trips to the tap  

[Ice]

If you have no connection to the gadget commercially it is ok to post a link.

[catweazle]

thanks

its called H2GO

http://www.greenfingers.com/superstore/product.asp?dept_id=3030&pf_id=LS5042D&co=fr

[jrko]

They look great.  Its just i'm up a short hill from the tap   But for the sake of running an infinite number of watering cans back and forth its WAY better

I'm going to look into my own contraptions 'legality' - I have a heavy duty 12v diesel battery (solar charged) and a very efficient little bilge pump with a hose attached, that sits in the tank/cistern.  It provides more power than the water pressure we get.  I wonder.....

[Salmo]

If all of us on water meters work hard at saving water our water bills will be a lot less.

Is it really in the interests of the water companies to reduce water usage and consequently their income? Probably not.

The water companies have publically said that they will not police the ban but will rely on neighbour pressure. They are not expecting to actually prosecute anyone.

I read today that this is the first time sports clubs and allotments have been included in a hosepipe ban.

Cricket pitches can be watered if leaving the pitch dry is going to make it dangerous to play.

Green badge holders are exempt.