hose pipes

It seems to depend on where you are. I know that Falmouth Marina removed their hoses last year and were selling roll-up flat hoses for something like £35. Last time I looked, Chichester Marina still had their hoses. Last year Yarmouth HM had removed their hoses, but Hayles pontoons still had hoses in Yarmouth.
 
ours went 2 yrs ago /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif,
we might poison ourselves & all the customers of anglian water in the anglian water catchment area /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif.
Its For Our Own Good /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif.
 
We seemed to have solved the problem. A kind guy on the pontoon. Donatates a hose to the tap. The marina is not responible and no one has a clue who donated the hose pipe. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
I suspect that they are worried that peeps could drop the hose end into the 'oggin and contaminate it with Weils's disease or something. We have our own hose and a range of fittings aboard anyway like good boy scouts - always prepared!
 
Never used a marina hose. Have 2 of my own and know where they have been. Plus an assortment of hose connections.
By the way, if you come to the ballearics, make sure you buy a self sealing male connection, from a local chandlers, as all the marinas have the same connection. (well the ones I know anyway)
 
I think you will find it is because of the water supply regulations. If the hose is left on, hanging in the water and there is a drop in water pressure at the mains, water can be drawn back in and contaminate the supply for the whole area.

Dates back to 1999 Water Supply Regulations

However, saying that, I have always used my own hose - I know where the end has been. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
 
I was at a recent meeting and this subject came up.

There are a few problems here,

Prob 1, if you are on the end of a pontoon and you turn the hose on if the end of another hose is in the water further back, the venturi princilpe kicks in and it draws sea water/river water into your hose.

Prob 2 the hose is still in the water and someone a mile down the road turns on a tap on the same effect can happen.
Prob 3 some germs, inc radiation can pass up the hose and through taps into the water course.

the way around this anti siphon taps, which I think would cost around £3,000 - £5,000 per marina.

So do the marina pay this or remove the taps?

couple of times a year you can pour a mild amount of bleach into your hose re connect it and turn the tap on for a second leave for 10 mins to soak then flush it out well. This will help to kill anything in your hose before you put it in your boat.

someone putting a hose on a tap will still fall back on the marina's duty to remove.

As yet there are no laws out saying they have to be removed only guidance WRAS
 
All new domestic outside taps have non-return valves to prevent the problem of main pipe contamination, can't see why they don't do this on marinas. Many I've seen advise allowing the hose to run for a few moments to flush the pipe before use anyway.
 
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...As yet there are no laws out saying they have to be removed only guidance WRAS

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From that document:

"Enforcement

The Government requires water suppliers to enforce the regulations. Water Suppliers can provide copies of their Codes of Practice on Enforcement. As with the previous Supply Byelaws, water suppliers will undertake inspections of new and existing installations to check that the regulations are being met. Where breaches of the regulations are found, the water supplier will require them to be remedied as soon as practicable. Where breaches pose a risk to health, the water supply to the premises may be disconnected immediately to protect the health of occupants or others fed from the same public supply. It is a criminal offence to breach the regulations and offenders may face prosecution."
 
You need to read the document you linked to.

Water supply systems must comply with the regulations. You must prevent contamination. Therefore if your hoses don't have non-return valves you present a risk of contamination and you can be prosecuted for not complying with the regulations. Your choices are remove the hoses or install non-return valves.

It doesn't just apply to marinas, it applies to all premises, even horse troughs
 
I wonder if all this has arisen due to the change in such changed as Urinals.
before we had a break between the cistern & urinal via the sparge pipe. now we have the push flush therefore a non rtn valve is obviously req & has encompassed all water systems
 
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