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Hosepipe ban
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Last year we bought a small water feature.It doesn't use any water,apart from that which was put in at the beginning.I thought I heard we could not use this under the hosepipe ban in our area.Why is this so if it is not usung any water ?
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Hosepipe bans are made under a national piece of legislation, so the rules are the same whichever water company you come under. Here's the press release from Three Valleys Water - it specifically states that it's OK to continue to use water features:
Word document:
http://www.welhat.gov.uk/Internet/res/filestore/dnld_100 006/Three_Valleys_hosepipe_ban.doc;internal&action=s ave.action
HTML format: http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:Pl0WJbYwJLcJ:www.wel hat.gov.uk/Internet/res/filestore/dnld_100006/Three_Vall eys_hosepipe_ban.doc%3Binternal%26action%3Dsave.action+h osepipe+ban+legislation&hl=en&gl=uk&ct=clnk& amp;cd=6&client=firefox-a
Chris
Hosepipe bans are made under a national piece of legislation, so the rules are the same whichever water company you come under. Here's the press release from Three Valleys Water - it specifically states that it's OK to continue to use water features:
Word document:
http://www.welhat.gov.uk/Internet/res/filestore/dnld_100 006/Three_Valleys_hosepipe_ban.doc;internal&action=s ave.action
HTML format: http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:Pl0WJbYwJLcJ:www.wel hat.gov.uk/Internet/res/filestore/dnld_100006/Three_Vall eys_hosepipe_ban.doc%3Binternal%26action%3Dsave.action+h osepipe+ban+legislation&hl=en&gl=uk&ct=clnk& amp;cd=6&client=firefox-a
Chris