2026-07-15 07:08 UTC
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@MikeFromLFE@cupoftea.social 2026-07-15 07:24
@pthane@toot.wales Our allotment society provides water tanks (like cattle troughs) across the site fed by mains water - which we pay for on a meter at the site entrance. Pumps - and therefore hosepipes - are banned by the society - a couple of members tried using powered pumps to get water from the tanks to their plots by hosepipe a few years ago. If I remember correctly when a hosepipe ban was last used by the water company, they turned the water off to our site (although this may have been voluntary by the site). The site rules say that sheds, greenhouses and polytunnels must collect water from their roofs. tThe society has sourced cut-price IBC water containers to help with this - the motivation has been to keep the cost of water down. #allotment
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@Simon318ppm@mastodon.sdf.org 2026-07-15 07:23
@pthane@toot.wales redesignate the allotment as a golf course - you’ll be exempt then
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@laurenheywood@social.ds106.us 2026-07-16 11:27
@pthane@toot.wales In my city there's a ban on using hoses at any time of year from the mains supply, the ban is unrelated to bans imposed by water companies. It's about being careful of how much water is used and collectively minded in terms of paying bills. We have to collect water from our sheds and greenhouses. A 6x4ft structure can easily fill 500L overwinter, probably a lot more. I regularly see people with 1000L IBCs attached to sheds and greenhouses (I just have 2x200L+ butts on each structure).