{"id":687174,"date":"2026-07-12T05:42:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T05:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/687174\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T05:42:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T05:42:12","slug":"how-are-people-adapting-to-the-east-of-england-hosepipe-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/687174\/","title":{"rendered":"How are people adapting to the East of England hosepipe ban?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The hosepipe ban only applies to domestic use, not businesses or public facilities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Locations such as Splash n&#8217; Play at Willen Lake in Milton Keynes use a recirculating water system, meaning the water is filtered, treated and reused.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Robert Wood, the executive director at Willen Lake, says: &#8220;In response to the temporary use ban, we don&#8217;t currently plan to close Splash &#8216;n&#8217; Play at Willen Lake. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;As things stand, Splash &#8216;n&#8217; Play will continue to give local families a safe, affordable, and fun way to stay cool during the current hot weather.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Norwich City Council confirms its <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NorwichCC\/status\/2057844767686369628\" class=\"ssrcss-1e0jzsh-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow\">splash pad at Waterloo Park, external<\/a> will remain open over the weekend &#8220;as one of our most popular venues for families to enjoy during the warm weather&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Peterborough City Council says Central Park paddling pool will remain open with Bretton Water Park due to open on 18 July.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;These will not be impacted, as such facilities fall into different water usage categories,&#8221; a spokesperson says.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The hosepipe ban only applies to domestic use, not businesses or public facilities. Locations such as Splash n&#8217;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":687175,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-687174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=687174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687174\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/687175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=687174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=687174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=687174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}