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fiacha wrote: » You are still allowed to water your garden, just not by hose. Seems mad, but I guess they think people will use less water when they have to carry around a watering can / bucket . I normally use a hose pumped from the water butts. I have a water wand / lance which lets me put the water at the base of each plant. Uses less water and also means the weeds generally only pop up in the watered areas and not the entire bed. I'm currently doing the same thing with the watering can. Large shrubs and lawns are being left to fend for themselves. I'll water shrubs if they start looking distressed. The lawn will recover once the rain comes. I've also moved a lot of pots and baskets into the shade so they don't dry out so quickly.
Dial Hard wrote: » I tweeted them yesterday asking if they're still actually planning to sell them given the crisis. No response. Two wrongs, and all that.
threetrees wrote: Oh and Lidl have 7,500 litre pools on special next week.
spatchco wrote: when irish water fix the leak in the footpath outside my neighbours house i will save water,,the leak is ongoing 3-4 years they dont give a dam why should i and yes i have seen the water van a good few times there excuse,, they cant turn off the water to the house till they tell the occupier and and the house is vacent still the local dogs can drink fresh water
Cyrus wrote: » Perhaps a stupid qn but is there anything that can be done to try help a garden when the hosepipe ban is in force and you can’t water ?
Esmeralda Tasty Soreness wrote: » I have a private well too. I know all about maintaining it and the costs involved. I'm simply answering the question; not defending it. The stance is that a private well draws on underground water resources and in that they are technically correct even though very little use is made of groundwater sources except for private wells. The ban is currently only in Dublin anyway.
Frynge wrote: » I have an automatic watering system for all the hanging baskets and pots. Does this have to be turned off during the hosepipe ban?
nthclare wrote: Hilly Polly tunnel type structures running off into tanks below the ground.
Purple Mountain wrote: » How so? It's a private well, it's not connected to anyone else so if his well runs dry that's his own tough sh*t to suffer the consequences. Also, many wells require a pump, who gives him a dig out to help them pay the often astronomical electric bills? Country folk are often left to fend for themselves with no access to public water schemes so have no option but to bear the cost of maintaining a well themselves so what they do with it should be no one else's beeswax.
Esmeralda Tasty Soreness wrote: » They can. You are using groundwater resources.
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the_pen_turner wrote: » if i have my own well and provide my own can they effoce that law
magicbastarder wrote: you obviously haven't been listening to the radio - there's been talk of a possible hosepipe ban and requests to the public to be sensible with water usage for several days now.
Wanderer78 wrote: » there was no harm in asking the public first before enforcing bans, its important all citizens play their role in conserving water, it doesnt always need to be via stick methods.
