don't know about where you live but last year when they announced we were in drought conditions we then continued to have very little rain. the occasional rain we did have was light.
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don't know about where you live but last year when they announced we were in drought conditions we then continued to have very little rain. the occasional rain we did have was light.
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Is it a lion? It looks like a lion.
where I was in hampshire, it was a horrible wet summer, couldn't understand it.
Still don't see the problem, I mean it rained yesterday in Sheffield, not like we live in Africa is it? What exactly is a hosepipe ban going to do? people will still turn the shower on before they get in, leave the tap running whilst brushing their teeth etc...
Shouldn't they be looking to stop that instead?
And how does it affect all those foreign car wash companies? if there's a hosepipe ban can they argue that a pressure washer is not a hosepipe? despite the vast amount of water they waste every day?
Shouldn't they be looking to stop that instead?
And how does it affect all those foreign car wash companies? if there's a hosepipe ban can they argue that a pressure washer is not a hosepipe? despite the vast amount of water they waste every day?
They are more efficient and rationing tends to be limited to households first, e.g. there were still restaurants in WW2 and you didn't need a ration book.
I heard that when it rains in summer, a lot of the water evaporates before it soaks into the ground so isn't much good at getting back into the system. Our water system is based on the assumption that we'll get wet winters, which we haven't had for a while.
Having said that, I can confirm that the reservoirs South-West of London are full
I heard that when it rains in summer, a lot of the water evaporates before it soaks into the ground so isn't much good at getting back into the system. Our water system is based on the assumption that we'll get wet winters, which we haven't had for a while.
Having said that, I can confirm that the reservoirs South-West of London are full
They're full now but with a dryer forecast they'll have to make that last.
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Affects me not a jot, loads of water here. Want some Boris? Pay for it then, or even better, we'll swap you for some sunshine.
Yes it is. If their turnover was something like 2000 billion then their profit margin would be tiny and therefore a significant factor. It's all relative but people never seem to get this.
Not sure why I'm arguing with you, anyone with a vague idea about economics and finance knows that a profit figure on it's own is a pretty pointless number.
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Never known a hose pipe ban yet! 
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We should be glad the Victorians over-engineered so much as the pipe situation could be much worse. Now we have for-profit companies running the show the system is never going to be upgraded.
Unfortunately when the beurocratic public sector was in charge they proved to be incompetent.
So now we have an ancient water system, and ancient railway network and no money or motivation to fix it. Standard Government response is, as always, to screw over us taxpayers.
I heard that when it rains in summer, a lot of the water evaporates before it soaks into the ground so isn't much good at getting back into the system. Our water system is based on the assumption that we'll get wet winters, which we haven't had for a while.
Having said that, I can confirm that the reservoirs South-West of London are full
You got to laugh at stuff like this considering the water companies are saying for the last 2 winters we had the wrong type of snow.
Perhaps they're right. Perhaps, just perhaps, there's a scientific reason why snow cannot actually help water levels if conditions aren't right. It may seem silly to you, but I would imagine you're not an expert on snow (apologies if you are).
