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On 25/07/2018 09:31, Jim K wrote:
Do hosepipe bans apply to private water supplies?

No, which is why I've just reactivated an old well and am digging-in 150m
of MDPE. Next job is to fit a pressure switch to control the pump
automagically.

So you are allowed to use a hosepipe to siphon bathwater out of the bath
onto plants or lawn, or to take rainwater from a water butt to water
plants?

And you are free to **** on the plants too.

I presumed that this was allowed, but I wouldn't have been surprised to
find that the laws weren't applied with any common sense.

Neither would I.

I wonder how the enforcers distinguish between private and public when all
they get is a report from a neighbour who has only seen the spraying end
of the hosepipe and not where it is connected.

They have to do the proving if they try to shaft you.