Various announcements are being made around the country introducing hose pipe bans as reservoirs run short of water.
I do not understand why a ban is announced for 10 days or a fortnight’s time.
Surely if a ban is considered necessary (and clearly it is) then why is it delayed for so long? Why not introduce it immediately or within 24 hours?
I can remember similar problems in the past and we would regularly use either bath water or washing up water on the garden….I have been doing that now for some time as clearly, we are facing a problem this summer. The current drought also highlights the need for water butts.