And probably have private swimming pools, fountains, chauffeurs to wash their classic cars, sunken baths the size of my living room, even bigger lawns - sorry, on a roll there got carried away, just lugged a great deal of grey water up the garden to keep runner beans happy
"The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it." Sir Terry Pratchett
A lot of influential people are golfists I imagine...
A lot of the people who own the water companies, you mean? A friend who ran a car maintenance business was allowed to wash cars as part of his business so in a hosepipe ban, he used to park them just in front of his garden while he was doing it. I think businesses generally are exempt - hotels and leisure centres are still able to fill their swimming pools I think. I assume - but don't know - that nurseries and garden centres are allowed to water plants
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
they need to get some perspective especially when there isn't actually a shortage of water.
They are getting some perspective on it, they are pre-planning for worst case scenario of this weather continuing throughout the summer. If they didn't try to reduce usage now plenty of people would be screaming later about lack of planning when the water companies knew it was hot. They can't win at times.
Good point Hosta. On a brighter note, I read somewhere that the heat is causing the tarmac on our roads to melt and it's seeping into all the potholes and filling them up
"Maybe if they just blocked up all the leaks in their pipes?"
In London, this is a bigger job than the Victorians putting them in the first place. I imagine most/much of the network needs replacing by now. There are some stretches of road near me that have pretty much permanent road works sectioned off - to dig up water pipes, gas, electric, fibre optic, improving road surfaces. There was a call for new software algorithms to be used to work out ideal times for some works to be done at the same time, rather than having to dig the road up a few days after it was re-laid. Joined up utilities thinking is dismissed as a pinko, commie plot to overthrow the nation.
they need to get some perspective especially when there isn't actually a shortage of water.
They are getting some perspective on it, they are pre-planning for worst case scenario of this weather continuing throughout the summer. If they didn't try to reduce usage now plenty of people would be screaming later about lack of planning when the water companies knew it was hot. They can't win at times.
No but my point is that it doesn't hurt to have a dirty car but it will hurt to allow large areas of soft landscaping to die off. If we had a 1 in 100 year storm now, as we're told to prepare for, the sewarage system would be overloaded due to additional runoff from the rock hard ground in gardens. It needs people to show some sense though rather than just leave sprinklers on 24/7.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
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A friend who ran a car maintenance business was allowed to wash cars as part of his business so in a hosepipe ban, he used to park them just in front of his garden while he was doing it.
I think businesses generally are exempt - hotels and leisure centres are still able to fill their swimming pools I think. I assume - but don't know - that nurseries and garden centres are allowed to water plants
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.