Why? Anyone with a water meter knows it's metered. I have one!
I was referring to people who pay full rates!
@kush
the 1991 Water Resources Act, which explicitly prohibits their use only for watering gardens and washing private vehicles. Dozens of other uses of hosepipes are still allowed, from filling hot tubs to washing the patio.
What's banned
· Using a hosepipe to wash a private car, caravan or trailer
· Using a hosepipe or sprinkler to water a domestic garden or enclosed gardens on commercial premises, such as next to a car showroom
What's not
· Everything not explicitly banned above: filling private swimming pools and hot tubs, hosing down patios and driveways, commercial car washes, golf course sprinklers, fountains, water cannons
So. What you need to be doing is filling up your £14.99 swimming pool and then extracting the water from it via an electric pump whereby indirectly watering your garden.
Or simply washing your path and fence, any overspill that flows on to the garden being only happen-stance