Hosepipe Ban

...............not sure of anything these days Mike

 

Hello John, it's been called off because they know they're losing more water through leakages than what an average household uses through out England

 

I doubt summer rains, unless excessive will have much effect on the water situation.
Summer rains are usually gobbled up by vegetation.

I'm thinking some of the water problems up North we mostly based on not being able to process the water fast enough for demand, rather than an actual shortage.

 

I think they said that one of the main reasons for introducing a hose pipe ban in the north west was because of the amount it took to tackle the moors fires.

We're the same as you @ARMANDII , we've had just about three hours of rain on Sunday and that's it for three months.

 

Hello ARMANDII I was speaking in the terms off...how can they put bans on water usage...when they know they're at pure fault themselves with the loss of water going daily through pipes not being mended

 

The heatwave will be back with a vengeance over the next few days so in those areas where a hosepipe ban was intended I think it is merely delayed.
Politics played a big part I think in postponing the hosepipe ban......i.e. fat cats and their salaries whilst water was leaking in large quantities made for poor publicity.
The rain here, persistent and heavy for a couple of days, did a lot of good. Growth subsequently has been amazing and the soil seems to have retained much of it.....so far

 

The Independent (which is usually the opposite to The Express) suggests the hearwave is about to end

The UK's heatwave will come to a close after final burst of sunshine

"As the new week arrives, sunshine will ultimately give way to rain and thunderstorms across much of the nation as cooler air moves in from the Atlantic."

 

Well we definitely need rain mate ...to help crops / lawns and also our plants.

 

Some good rain forecast for the end of the week in the North West . We are taking the GKs to the south Lake District for a couple of days . The lakes really need it .

 

Our water supply company's outlet from the underground hilltop reservoir that supplies us lower lying villages burst 3 days ago, emptying it and cutting off many 1,000's of homes.

Less than 24 hours after 'fixing' it, their repair failed and drained the yet reservoir again.

They still haven't fixed their leak and are using tankers to top up the reservoir with half a million litres of water a day, but it's still draining away almost as fast as they can fill it.

And they are still issuing advice to gardeners on how to reduce water usage

 

Sounds like you are looking forward to a really wet time @HarryS

The Lakes might need it, but do you?