{"id":364,"date":"2026-07-13T06:39:38","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T06:39:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.direkneed.com\/?p=364"},"modified":"2026-07-13T06:39:38","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T06:39:38","slug":"uk-hosepipe-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.direkneed.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/13\/uk-hosepipe-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Hosepipe Ban"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"559\" src=\"https:\/\/www.direkneed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/7126-1024x559.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.direkneed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/7126-1024x559.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.direkneed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/7126-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/www.direkneed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/7126-768x419.png 768w, https:\/\/www.direkneed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/7126.png 1408w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Thanks to Gemini for generating this image<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What is the deal of a hosepipe ban if it&#8217;s never lifted? All the time I&#8217;m hearing it&#8217;s enforced but never lifted. The idea of having it enforced means you&#8217;ll just utilise water somehow else. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the deal of a hosepipe ban if it&#8217;s never lifted? All the time I&#8217;m hearing it&#8217;s enforced but never lifted. The idea of having it enforced means you&#8217;ll just utilise water somehow else.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[80],"tags":[66,77,78,81,76,79],"class_list":["post-364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-real-life","tag-66","tag-britain","tag-england","tag-real-life","tag-united-kingdom","tag-water"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.direkneed.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.direkneed.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.direkneed.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.direkneed.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.direkneed.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=364"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.direkneed.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":366,"href":"https:\/\/www.direkneed.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364\/revisions\/366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.direkneed.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.direkneed.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.direkneed.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}