On Mon, 8 Jan 2007 12:49:00 UTC, "Alan Gardiner"
wrote:

Not true unless you exclude the whole of the Three Valleys company from
being in the SE. The hosepipe ban is still in force according to the
website. Thames water also have their ban in force.

I'm also in Three Valleys area. They do get a lot of their water from
boreholes, but Takeley, NW Essex, got 730 mm last year relative to the
average from my records of 660 mm. One does wonder how much longer
they can justify the ban ... not that I expect to use a hosepipe
anytime soon :-)

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