Fortunately I live in the Portsmouth Water area and we don't have a ban ... yet! However when Thames Water are losing over ¼ of their water (665 MILLION(!) litres a day!!) it is easy to see why customers are angry and many will risk ignoring the ban. The total lost by all companies by leakage is reported to be 1.2 TRILLION litres p.a. (see
http://www.metro.co.uk/news/894896-t...e-hosepipe-ban)
Until the Water Companies actually start to invest (instead of paying bonuses and dividends) in leak prevention, they're not going to get the public on-side with their entreaties to use less water!