HOSEPIPE bans affecting 15million homes will stay in place until next year – despite weeks of heavy downpours. Bosses of Thames Water and Yorkshire Water say the soggy September has not toppe…
He added: "We've got to make sure that we've got enough water going forward for everyone in the longer term."It added: "Despite recent rain, rivers across our region are well below their average level and reservoirs are down by as much as 25 per cent."
Meanwhile Yorkshire Water said the region's reservoirs have plunged to 35 per cent of average levels and one is only 20 per cent full. Director of water Neil Dewis said: "I think the hosepipe ban will remain in place for several more months and if it is a dry winter it will be there well into next year."But Yorkshire Water is focused on next spring and summer.
"Because even if we get a normal amount of winter rainfall, that will only lift reservoirs up to 60 to 70 per cent by spring. "And if that's the case and we have another dry, hot summer, we could really face some serious consequences."Most read in The Sun
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