So-called drought

[mikey4444]

I live in Swansea and I went for a drive around the reservoirs at the Elan Valley this week. They are all overflowing and looked wonderful.

What I wanted to say, if you live in Birmingham or Wales, was to ignore what the authorites say about a "water shortage" and "a drought".

Don't believe a word of it ! They are trying to panic us again. They are like the little boy who cried wolf. Flush your loos as much as you like, kep your cars nice a clean, and don't bathe with a friend. ( unlike you want to of course !)

[cazzz1975]

I dont think there is a drought in the midlands at the moment

[cazzz1975]

I mean a hose pipe ban

[boxtops]

The drought order's been lifted in large parts of the country - except down here in Kent, where it's been lobbing it down since they told us we couldn't use our hoses.

[Hopkirk]

I don't think Birmingham gets its water from Wales any more.

[craft1948]

I don't think we've ever had a hosepipe ban in York.

[mikey4444]

Mr Hopkirk. Brummie tea is defintely made from Welsh water !

http://history.powys....hayader/elanmenu.html

[Hopkirk]

Well I grew up there with beautifully soft Welsh water.

However when I have visited recently it hasn't been so nice. I think they must mix it with some manky local stuff now.

[cathfromsaron]

same at the Usk reservoir! flooded!

[gness]

Could be the Met Office and EA do a bit more than drive around the reservoirs to collect their information.:-)

[daisya]

Whether there are drought conditions or not, anywhere in the country, don't you think that water should be conserved anyway? It's a precious commodity and we are reliant on the weather for it so why waste it even at times when it is plentiful? I have never seen the sense of wasting something just because it's there, there could be a time when we desperately need water and there's not much around...so for me it makes sense to think about it and save as much as you can at all times.

[gness]

Well said Daisya. Having had to trek miles to the well for water in my youth I hate to see it wasted.

[Hopkirk]

In many parts of the country water comes from boreholes, and the underground water table is still very low.

It was the wrong sort of rain for that to be replenished.