No matter how much, I bet it wont help in lifting the hosepipe ban!!!
2006-09-01 05:09:10 · 8 answers · asked by Old Man of Coniston!. 5 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
Hi, I don't think they measure in gallons.
http://www.met.rdg.ac.uk/~brugge/
The link above should get you the info you want, but i think the hosepipe ban will last a while yet.
Additional came across this story from yesterday during a sleepless night.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/5303668.stm
Thames is continuing with its hosepipe ban
Thames Water has announced that it has withdrawn its application for a drought order covering the London region.
It said that while drought conditions remained, the situation had stabilised since it first made the formal request for the order back in June.
The company thanked its customers for their efforts to reduce water usage over the summer but said its existing hosepipe ban would remain in place.
A drought order bans the use of all non-essential water.
They are authorised by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
'Sensible precaution'
"There is still a drought, but it isn't getting any worse, and we don't need to bring in any more restrictions beyond the existing hosepipe and sprinkler ban," said Thames Water's environment director Richard Aylard.
"The situation has changed since we applied for a Drought Order for London on 26 June.
"We took that decision as a sensible precaution, because there was a possibility that we might need to bring in additional restrictions.
"Since then we have seen close to average rainfall in July and August."
He said that as a result the firm's London reservoirs were now at 78% of capacity, their highest level at the same time in two of the last three years.
Yet Mr Aylard added that groundwater levels in the region remain "very low" and that if there is a third dry winter in succession this year, it may have to apply again as early in 2007.
A total of eight UK water firms have hosepipe bans in place, while one - Sutton and East Surrey Water - also has a drought order in place.
Takeover saga
Thames Water supplies water to eight million customers, five million in London and three million in the Thames Valley.
Earlier this week it announced plans to cut 25% of its 6,000-strong workforce.
The firm has also been put up for sale by its German parent group RWE, with media reports suggesting there are three separate suitors.
Back in the summer Thames was criticised for missing its leak reduction targets at the same time as it unveiled a 31% rise in profits.
2006-09-01 05:18:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
F*****g trillions of them. On the barbecue scale, August scored a four, which is low. July was 15.
No, it won't stop the hosepipe ban. The ground is still hard. The problem with rain at this time of year is that most of it gets taken up by plants, or evaporates off the surface, so doesn't get in to the water supply.
2006-09-01 09:54:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Based on the average rain fall and the size of the uk it equates to...
467 653 678 673 gallons
or
3 741 229 429 384 pints
or
2006-09-01 05:13:51 · answer #3 · answered by David T 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-06 05:32:11 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your right. I went down south for a week last week and couldnt believe it when my dad starting watering the garden....."you know there is a hosepipe ban" i shouted at him......Not down here he replied. Makes me sick. I moan to my old man when he runs a bath, then falls asleep on the settee and lets it go cold.
2006-09-01 05:16:54 · answer #5 · answered by jude 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No hosepipe ban now. So it must have been enough.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/5303668.stm
2006-09-01 05:16:43 · answer #6 · answered by True B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not as many as last year, not so far anyway! And I'm sure you are right they won't
2006-09-01 05:11:41 · answer #7 · answered by Cj 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
how are we supposed to know?!
2006-09-01 05:11:16 · answer #8 · answered by Proto 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋