[The Jester of Wibbly]

BBC News - Yorkshire Water hosepipe ban could be extended to businesses - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1dxq12rvkqo?app-referrer=deep-link

I do wonder if there would be government help like other businesses did during COVID, or would we be left out to rot and forgotten about.   It's a serious worry.

[Spruce]

BBC News - Yorkshire Water hosepipe ban could be extended to businesses - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1dxq12rvkqo?app-referrer=deep-link

I do wonder if there would be government help like other businesses did during COVID, or would we be left out to rot and forgotten about.   It's a serious worry.

If we listen to government, they have a 50 billion black hole to fill, the same black hole that stopping pensioners heating allowance last year was earmarked to solve.

So I very much doubt there will be any government assistance for us with a full hose pipe ban. Car wash business will probably be allowed to use a bucket. If it gets to standpipe water collection only, then we will all be in the same boat.

I won't go back to ladders, so I will just have to wait the drought out.

[Slacky]

If you don’t want to use ladders you can get by doing trad downstairs for the time being.

[Spruce]

If you don’t want to use ladders you can get by doing trad downstairs for the time being.

This becomes an interesting situation. We live in Saltburn by the Sea. Teesside doesn't have a hose pipe ban and hasn't had in the past 25 years we have lived here. We are in the county of Redcar and Cleveland, but a Google search tells me that Saltburn is in North Yorkshire.

However, we are under the jurisdiction of Northumberland water who haven't any plans to introduce a hose pipe ban.

If commercial use of hose pipes is banned, does this mean I can still clean windows in areas not supplied by Northumbrian water?

[zesty]

Might be an idea for the government to do something sensible (unlikely I know) and actually build some new reservoirs. We haven’t built a new reservoir in over 30 years.

Mean time the population has rapidly increased. More water than ever before is needed.

[NBwcs]

Might be an idea for the government to do something sensible (unlikely I know) and actually build some new reservoirs. We haven’t built a new reservoir in over 30 years.

Mean time the population has rapidly increased. More water than ever before is needed.

12 new resovoirs being built... Shame  the Tories sat back and  allowed the water companies to be so complacent but of course it was them that pushed for privatisation in the 1st place.

[NBwcs]

Worrying for Yorkshire wndies. If it happens how do they decide who gets restrictions. Logic would  lead you to believe the biggest users would be hit but that won't happen. I use to work for Anglian Water, and I posted about this a few years ago but one of their biggest customers is Coca Cola in Suffolk. Their usage is staggering, I can't remember now exactly how much it is but it's more than Ipswich and surrounding area combined. Nothing remotely vital about Coca cola production.. I guarantee companies like these in the Yorkshire area with huge usage won't see restrictions.

[The Jester of Wibbly]

With the Water companies failing to maintain their leeks and build new reservoirs as advised ten years ago.  They chose to ignore the signs and pay the directors huge dividends instead.    We would not be in this mess if they did as they were told. 

We adopted huge expenses ourselves with our WFP setup for better safer working conditions.  Can you image it if we were asked to go back to risking our lives again.

[Always shining]

I wouldn’t worry. It will open the heavens again soon. Panic over!
Apart from panic over flooding of course!!!

[The Jester of Wibbly]

I wouldn’t worry. It will open the heavens again soon. Panic over!
Apart from panic over flooding of course!!!

We have enough water falling from the heavens anyway , the issue is they can't stock up and hold onto the water for long.

[Spruce]

Might be an idea for the government to do something sensible (unlikely I know) and actually build some new reservoirs. We haven’t built a new reservoir in over 30 years.

Mean time the population has rapidly increased. More water than ever before is needed.

No mention has been made about the number of reserviours that have been lost and then sold to builders building executive homes. The was a program on tv about it many years ago.

Water meters were the answer by tightening up on the amount of water each household used. It worked too some extent I believe. If there weren't water meters, then I feel the water situation would be much worse.

[AuRavelling79]

Worrying for Yorkshire wndies. If it happens how do they decide who gets restrictions. Logic would  lead you to believe the biggest users would be hit but that won't happen. I use to work for Anglian Water, and I posted about this a few years ago but one of their biggest customers is Coca Cola in Suffolk. Their usage is staggering, I can't remember now exactly how much it is but it's more than Ipswich and surrounding area combined. Nothing remotely vital about Coca cola production.. I guarantee companies like these in the Yorkshire area with huge usage won't see restrictions.

Wouldn't the Yorkshire windies drive to an area with no ban and fill up there? I'm sure that's what they do officer.

Others collect so much off their roofs for winter for times like these so they can use it now.

It's not as if we are connected to the mains with our van systems is it? So it must be true.

 

[Simon Trapani]

Stop panicking you lot. It’ll be winter soon. It all evens out in the end. Always does.

[The Jester of Wibbly]

Stop panicking you lot. It’ll be winter soon. It all evens out in the end. Always does.

The problem is we lose too much water all year round.   Each year we have less availability and the next few years will get more horrendous.

So we harvest more water in the winter, but we are unable to store it properly.

Thanks to the lazy water companies we are loosing 3 Billion litres of water a day through poor pipes.  In perspective, this leakage also translates to an average of 113 liters of water leaked per property per day.

[Stoots]

I dont mind a few months off if the gov can cover my bills

[NBwcs]

I dont mind a few months off if the gov can cover my bills

Well they were happy enough to take away money from pensioners, (for a while), we're looking to get people off disability payments, so I wouldn't hold your breath on getting any help if the worse did happen. 

[Slacky]

There’s a few sources of water round here. At home we rely on aquifer water and rarely get water restrictions apparently.

Two weeks ago I was working in a small town called Sechelt. They get their water from some other place, not sure wher. Anyway, in Sechelt you can’t window clean unless you bring your water with you, which I had, from home.

Next week I’ll be going into Sechelt and out the far side, up to a remote place called Egmont, Google it - it’s lovely; their water is also aquifer so no restrictions way up there either, I’ll be window cleaning on the pub and some holiday outlets for the day.

[Scottish Cleaning Service]

Loch Morar, the deepest loch in the British Isles, holds a volume of 2.3073 cubic kilometers of water. It has a surface area of 26.7 km² and a maximum depth of 310 meters (1,017 feet).

I've been trying to get Westminster to build a pipeline from Scotland all the way down to the bottom of England. Ticks all the boxes, provides work and we can give you as much fresh water as much as you want but ScotGov and UK Gov don't like each other. If Reform gets in next year it has a good chance of happening.

[simon w]

How much water do illegal immigrants and immigrants drink over a 12 month period? maybe if we get rid of them we'd save a fair bit of water there 

On a separate note, have you ever known anyone get nicked and prosecuted for using hosepipes during a ban? I haven't......

[Perfect Windows]

How much water do illegal immigrants and immigrants drink over a 12 month period? maybe if we get rid of them we'd save a fair bit of water there 

Jesus wept. What a tragic, pitiful post. Honestly, mate, go and sit down and have a think about what you've just done.