Hose pipe ban can i fill my pond

During a hose pipe ban this is the list of the what you can do and what you cannot do

 

You can:


  • Wash your car at a car wash

  • Fill a swimming pool, hot tub or pond

  • Hose down the cat or dog

  • Water a vegetable allotment with a hose

  • Hose down a caravan, trailer, motorcycle*****

  • Clean the patio with a pressure washer or hose

  • Re-use wash water, ie from bath or washing machine

  • Fill all the watering cans you ever want to irrigate your lawn

  • Spray water into a concrete mixer


You can't:


  • Water private gardens with a sprinkler or hose

  • Wash a private car with a hosepipe at home

  • Leave a porous hose running under your hedge

  • Connect up drippers to water your patio plants

  • Water the vegetables in a household garden

  • Use a hose to water planted containers anywhere in the garden

  • Spray water into a planting hole with a hose

*****Water companies cannot agree whether this is allowed or not, so bans may vary from one area to another