With a Hose pipe ban coming here in the East, what are the rules for Superpitches. Can you still hook up to mains water with your hosepipe to feed your Aquaroll ? We have booked all our pitches this year on superpitches to stop having to lug water around due our age !!
I don't think the hosepipe ban is meant to cover such situations. The ban is more to do people wasting water on plants and car washing. We would all use much less water if we all lived in caravans!
There has been concerns around the Norfolk broads regarding the filling up of the river cruiser boats fresh water tanks using a hosepipe, with fears that the Broads authorities hose pipes may be removed from their service points and also those serving the boatyards and moorings. The threat of a fine upto £1000 has caused much concern and many people are facing the prospect of having a holiday afloat using bottled water for drinking and having to find showers and washing facilities shoreside for their daily ablusions.
the upside is though, that with the river levels remaining quite low for the time of year, many boats are now able to navigate through the low bridges due to an increase in clearance, giving passage to some who would otherwise be restricted by their higher airdraft.
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I think you'd find the superpitch would be regarded as domestic plumbing, your caravan is your 'home' and the hose is like the water main coming into it.
Camp sites are classed as commercial premises, as would be boatyards etc.
I think the hosepipe ban relates to private premises & household customers. I've never known river or canal side hoses to be affected by a ban in the past, EVER. It's just good old fashioned British scaremongering, which is always rife on these types of forums.
Please be rest assured, all commercial premises are metered, & charged for their water entirely differently to householders, & they will never deny boaters the opportunity to "water-up", as many people actually live on their boats. & washing boats at watering points has always been banned anyway, & punished with a very hefty fine.
the hosepipe ban is to stop selfish, irresponsible people watering lawns (one of my biggest pet-hates, as grass is very hardy anyway) & gardens, & washing cars during times of drought.
I'm actually quite surprised this question is even being asked, as I would've thought the answer was quite obvious.
Quote: Originally posted by The Vicar on 15/3/2012
With a Hose pipe ban coming here in the East, what are the rules for Superpitches. Can you still hook up to mains water with your hosepipe to feed your Aquaroll ? We have booked all our pitches this year on superpitches to stop having to lug water around due our age !!
I am not sure but I don't think they will expect you to drink your bath water
I'm so glad our water company had the fore sight to build the biggest man made lake in Britain so that I can wash me van and car every day if I want Good old Northumbrian water !!
I've always used a bucket or watering can when washing my car or 'van anyway. Although I've actually no objection to the washing of vehicles, it's watering lawns which always gets me, what a pointless exercise that is. We pay our water companies a small fortune to purify our water to drinking standards, only for people to leave a tap running for hours all over their lawn! As soon as it rains again the grass recovers anyway (it's pretty hardy stuff).
Mind you, you don't see so much of it these days, since the advent of water metering.
Quote: Originally posted by Big Al on 15/3/2012
I'm so glad our water company had the fore sight to build the biggest man made lake in Britain so that I can wash me van and car every day if I want Good old Northumbrian water !!
Yeah but up there you also have to wait for it to stop raining so you can wash your cars and vans
Considering there is an oil pipeline that runs the length of Britain you would think by now that they could run a water pipeline alongside it and pump water from the areas that have too much to the areas that don't have enough...or is that too logical?
Quote: Originally posted by Bob61 on 15/3/2012
Considering there is an oil pipeline that runs the length of Britain you would think by now that they could run a water pipeline alongside it and pump water from the areas that have too much to the areas that don't have enough...or is that too logical?
The canal network has been there for centuries. With a few alterations it could easily be used as the basis of a "national grid" for water.
Or, better still, stop this illogical mass building of houses down here in the south east, where we clearly don't have the infrastructure to cope with it!
Quote: Originally posted by Bob61 on 15/3/2012
Considering there is an oil pipeline that runs the length of Britain you would think by now that they could run a water pipeline alongside it and pump water from the areas that have too much to the areas that don't have enough...or is that too logical?
The canal network has been there for centuries. With a few alterations it could easily be used as the basis of a "national grid" for water.
Or, better still, stop this illogical mass building of houses down here in the south east, where we clearly don't have the infrastructure to cope with it!
Didn't think about the canals...even better. Perhaps we should contact the Government and let them know...they may not have thought of that
What ticks me off with this is the lack of investment from some companies. Investment in leak finding and updating of lines and investment in storage. Then you get the news that be ause of the shortage they are considering putting prices up. Mmmmmm , wonder what the real problem is
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Topic: Hose Pipe Ban - Superpitches
