Reply to: Hosepipe Bans

[SueEllen]

Just had an email from Thames Water about the ban coming in from 24 August.

https://www.thameswater.co.uk/help/water-restrictions

Now got my email.

And here comes the rain...

[ladymuck]

Just had an email from Thames Water about the ban coming in from 24 August.

https://www.thameswater.co.uk/help/water-restrictions

[d000hg]

And now we have a ban from Thames Water from 24 August.

Typical they wait until after it rains.....

I was curious that some providers are pre-announcing bans weeks in advance. What's the logic of that?

[SueEllen]

And now we have a ban from Thames Water from 24 August.

Typical they wait until after it rains.....

[SueEllen]

The Thames doesn't look particularly bad:

https://riverlevels.uk/thames-reading#.Yvdu2WFBw5k



Admittedly a few bits of the Thames are low.

Like the bits drinking water is extracted from....

[ladymuck]

Admittedly a few bits of the Thames are low.

Yep
https://www.theguardian.com/environm...during-drought

[BlasterBates]

You must off missed the decades old jokes about Londoners drinking the Thames.

Lots of rain is needed to ensure the ground, rivers and streams have enough water. Thames Water extracts water from rivers and aquifers to fill up their reservoirs. All these plus the reservoirs are below normal levels for this time of year.

The Thames doesn't look particularly bad:

https://riverlevels.uk/thames-reading#.Yvdu2WFBw5k

The usual range of the River Thames at Reading is between 6.58m and 7.00m. It has been between these levels for 90% of the time since monitoring began.

The typical recent level of the River Thames at Reading over the past 12 months has been between 6.63m and 6.79m. It has been between these levels for at least 151 days in the past year.


Current River Level: 6.61m, steady

Admittedly a few bits of the Thames are low.

[SueEllen]

Really? London reservoirs are between 75% and 90% full, so I suspect that it only needs to rain normally for a few months to fill up again.

https://www.thameswater.co.uk/about-...infall-figures

You must off missed the decades old jokes about Londoners drinking the Thames.

Lots of rain is needed to ensure the ground, rivers and streams have enough water. Thames Water extracts water from rivers and aquifers to fill up their reservoirs. All these plus the reservoirs are below normal levels for this time of year.

[vetran]

Maybe try giving Geldof or wee Midge a call ? They might put on a concert to help out.

If they wanted to help they would pay some fecking tax!

[TestMangler]

It still won't be another rain to stop a drought - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-62508521

It needs to rain daily from next week until end of spring next year.

Maybe try giving Geldof or wee Midge a call ? They might put on a concert to help out.

[BlasterBates]

It still won't be another rain to stop a drought - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-62508521

It needs to rain daily from next week until end of spring next year.

Really? London reservoirs are between 75% and 90% full, so I suspect that it only needs to rain normally for a few months to fill up again.

https://www.thameswater.co.uk/about-...infall-figures

[xoggoth]

Very inconvenient, I have a lot of garden rubbish to burn

Ditto. I don't think it's a good idea to have a bonfire whene everyone's got their windows open anyway.

[SueEllen]

It still won't be another rain to stop a drought - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-62508521

It needs to rain daily from next week until end of spring next year.

[d000hg]

Most of the UK gets rain next week, all week. So enjoy the last of the heat wave

We were forecast solid rain for 3 days but the newer forecast now has "maybe a bit" on Monday. In fact next week's forecast of sun & clouds, 20C sounds about perfect... but a day or two of rain would be nice!

[SueEllen]

Most of the UK gets rain next week, all week. So enjoy the last of the heat wave

Looking at London the highest percentage guess currently is a 34% chance of rain. So not necessarily -