Hosepipe bans for the rest of us. Meanwhile wrong forum

[Hades]

Islington: Flooding in north London as water main bursts

A witness told the BBC that it was the worst flooding he had ever seen in London.

www.bbc.co.uk

Surely a flood like that must have given some warning beforehand, such as a small leak that was ignored for weeks?

EDIT: Thanks for moving to the correct forum.

 

[the shadow]

Islington: Flooding in north London as water main bursts

A witness told the BBC that it was the worst flooding he had ever seen in London.

www.bbc.co.uk

Surely a flood like that must have given some warning beforehand, such as a small leak that was ignored for weeks?

You immersed us with the wrong thread page

 

[Maccapacca]

Waits for the movie

 

[Hotwired]

Eh could be a worse pipe. At least it's mostly clean water.

 

[Hagar]

Waits for the movie

Waits for the barrier being over topped.

 

[grudas]

it does say hose pipe ban not water mains ban, someone really needed to water their grass.

 

[Feek]

Hosepipe bans?

I had an email from the water company last week.

"It's been the driest start to the year since 1976, and you may be wondering how this will impact water resources and your water supply.
We're currently experiencing a prolonged period of dry weather, with temperatures that reached highs of 40 degrees in July. This means we're now reliant on receiving significant rainfall during the autumn and winter to help replenish our supplies.
Not your typical dreary British summer...
We wanted to let you know that it's unlikely we'll need to introduce any usage restrictions this year"

But if you read pretty much any newspaper, the inference is that the entire country is under a hosepipe ban and that it's the end of the world as we know it.

*sigh*

 

[413x]

Hosepipe bans?

I had an email from the water company last week.

"It's been the driest start to the year since 1976, and you may be wondering how this will impact water resources and your water supply.
We're currently experiencing a prolonged period of dry weather, with temperatures that reached highs of 40 degrees in July. This means we're now reliant on receiving significant rainfall during the autumn and winter to help replenish our supplies.
Not your typical dreary British summer...
We wanted to let you know that it's unlikely we'll need to introduce any usage restrictions this year"

But if you read pretty much any newspaper, the inference is that the entire country is under a hosepipe ban and that it's the end of the world as we know it.

*sigh*

Similar message here but some of west Wales is under a ban i believe

 

[200sols]

We wanted to let you know that it's unlikely we'll need to introduce any usage restrictions this year"

Priming you for next years hosepipe ban.

 

[the shadow]

Watery going to do?

 

[V F]

Waits for the movie

The River Runs Wild?

 

[ttaskmaster]

Surely a flood like that must have given some warning beforehand, such as a small leak that was ignored for weeks?

Nope. A burst like that is usually as dramatic and sudden as it sounds. A trickle would have gradually increased as the pipe failure degraded.
I don't know the cause, but I suspect either a failed joint or more likely someone else struck the pipe. That happens relatively often with developers rushing to knock a new build out.