Oh uh... what does this mean and what are we going to do?

[namnhi]

Hosepipe ban to be introduced in Jersey

Does this mean they ban hand watering the potted plants? Am not sure what it mean by band hosepipes?

 

[Paradox]

The ban is on an Island in the English Channel, in the UK, not New Jersey.

It means you can't use a hose or a sprinkler.

However you can use a bucket a cup or scoop to hand water.

 

[penumbra]

The ban is in the UK, not New Jersey.

It means you can't use a hose or a sprinkler.

However you can use a bucket a cup or scoop to hand water.

Wow! If I had to hand water from a bucket I would never be done. The end would be the beginning.

 

[Bonsai Nut]

Jersey is one of the Channel Islands closer to France than the UK. It is a rocky island with very few fresh water sources.

Though when I read about "hosepipe" I had to look it up because I had never heard the term I had a vision of a hookah or something similar

 

[Crazy Diamond]

That island has very dark things going on... and im not talking about the offshore financial and tax heaven.. xD

 

[rockm]

That's comical compared to what is happening in the Desert Southwest of the U.S. and the Colorado River watershed. Hopefully the foot and a half of rain across AZ,CO, NM, and Texas have helped--but it's still not enough water.

 

[Paradox]

That's comical compared to what is happening in the Desert Southwest of the U.S. and the Colorado River watershed. Hopefully the foot and a half of rain across AZ,CO, NM, and Texas have helped--but it's still not enough water.

No it isnt, we all need a good week or two of good steady rain but not floods and a cold snowy winter right now

 

[rockm]

No it isnt, we all need a good week or two of good steady rain but not floods and a cold snowy winter right now

Uh, nope, not in Texas, NM AZ, CO, So Cal. and the desert southwest. Will take more than a week or two of steady rain to bring Lake Mead (for instance) back to even a year ago levels. It is almost a dead reservoir because of a 22 year megadrought. If the Lake loses the ability to supply power turbines at the Hoover Dam, most of the Southwest will have an electricity shortage as well. I used to live out that way in the 60's. Water was an issue then and there wasn't a drought.

The drought in Texas has also been a problem for the last ten years or more. 300 year old oaks and 200 year old pines on m parents place died because rain was slow for five solid years.

 

[Paradox]

Uh, nope, not in Texas, NM AZ, CO, So Cal. and the desert southwest. Will take more than a week or two of steady rain to bring Lake Mead (for instance) back to even a year ago levels. It is almost a dead reservoir because of a 22 year megadrought. If the Lake loses the ability to supply power turbines at the Hoover Dam, most of the Southwest will have an electricity shortage as well. I used to live out that way in the 60's. Water was an issue then and there wasn't a drought.

The drought in Texas has also been a problem for the last ten years or more. 300 year old oaks and 200 year old pines on m parents place died because rain was slow for five solid years.

yea obviously the west needs a lot more than that, but I am not sure its possible at this point sadly