Lower Icknield Way near Buckland had a mains water pipe burst this morning (24/8), the same day Thames Water have imposed their hose pipe ban to save water.
To see any issues with Thames Water supply, you can check here: https://www.thameswater.co.uk/leak/
Bucks Council are also trying to do their bit to save water in the area.
They have vowed to take some actions to reduce water use in parks and open spaces.
From today, they will stop watering bedding plants in many of our public parks and open spaces, removing plants where necessary back to their depots to prevent beds becoming an eyesore. The only trees they will continue to water under the exemption are any recently planted trees and newly landscaped areas.
In country parks, the only watering they will be completing is for young specimen trees that have been planted in the last 12-18 months such as their Sakura Cherry trees at Black Park.
At Stoke Poges Memorial Gardens the Memorial Gardens have their own bore hole which is used to water plants, shrubs and trees and will be watering the bedding plants with bore hole water instead of using the hosepipe during the ban.
South Bucks Golf Course greens will continue to be watered using a licenced borehole; the patio areas will only be washed down for health and safety reasons and the hedgerow will not be watered from today. Buggies will only be cleaned when needed but using buckets of water rather than jet wash.
Where sports fields are concerned, they will only water turf for health and safety reasons; for example they have carried out some repair work to two adult football pitches and will need to water the new seed – as they are able to under the restrictions.
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