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Water Rationing
An outdoor water-use restriction is a Ban (law), ban or other lesser Regulation, restrictions put into effect that restricts the outdoor use of Water supply, water supplies. Often called a watering ban or hosepipe ban, it can affect: *irrigation of lawns *car washing *recreational uses such as filling swimming pools and using water slides *planting of grass or control of the types of grass planted *hose (tubing), hosing down pavement (material), pavement areas Such bans may be put in place by local governments, a state government or water supplier. In the latter case, local authorities often still can enact more restrictive measures. Such a ban is usually enacted during droughts, to preserve water for essential uses such as drinking and flush toilet, flushing toilets, as well as for firefighting. If there is a water main break, or a problem with a water tower or other Reservoir (water), reservoir, a ban may be enacted on a very local and temporary basis. Bans that control water a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ban (law)
A ban is a formal or informal Prohibitionism, prohibition of something. Bans are formed for the prohibition of activities within a certain political territory. Some bans in commerce are referred to as embargoes. ''Ban'' is also used as a verb similar in meaning to "to prohibit". Etymology In current English usage, ''ban'' is mostly synonymous with ''prohibition''. Historically, Old English ''(ge)bann'' is a derivation from the verb ''bannan'' "to summon, command, proclaim" from an earlier Common Germanic ''*bannan'' "to command, forbid, banish, curse". The modern sense "to prohibit" is influenced by the cognate Old Norse ''banna'' "to curse, to prohibit" and also from Old French ''ban'', ultimately a loan from Old Frankish, meaning "outlawry, banishment". The Indo-European etymology of the Germanic term is from a root ''*bha-'' meaning "to speak". Its original meaning was magical thinking, magical, referring to utterances that carried a power to curse. Banned political partie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
