Adsibob Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/04/25/hosepipe-ban-south-west-water-devon-plymouth/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamyTea Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 Still have a hosepipe ban in Cornwall. Water reserves are not a function of just one winters rainfall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adsibob Posted April 25, 2023 Author Share Posted April 25, 2023 1 hour ago, SteamyTea said: Still have a hosepipe ban in Cornwall. Water reserves are not a function of just one winters rainfall. incredible. On most days recently, it has felt like it's not stopped raining here in the last month... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Temp Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 I'm not far from the River Nene and its been high for most of thus year do far I think. A few fields flooded until recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Jones Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 perhaps soakaways should be banned allowing more water to be sent down the drains to be stored, alleviating the hosepipe bans! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 Well, having previously completed a review of the areas of the most yearly rainfall in England I note that Dartmoor was high on the list! Pity the water companies haven't found a way to store that lot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamyTea Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 2 hours ago, Marvin said: Well, having previously completed a review of the areas of the most yearly rainfall in England I note that Dartmoor was high on the list! Pity the water companies haven't found a way to store that lot! It is to do with geology. Not enough artisan wells, or chalk. Cornwall and Devon are a chain of extinct volcanoes after all. Cleaning up water from deep wells is problematic in a radioactive area, as is cleaning up river water in a heavily farmed area. That is before the residues of 2000 years of tin, copper and arsenic mining is dealt with. There is a reason that Backwater and Red River are names as such. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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