Environment ❯ Water Management ❯ Water Supply

Hosepipe Ban

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Hosepipe Bans Spread Across Large Parts of England as Heat Strains Water Supplies

Record heat with very low spring rainfall has raised household water use by about 20%, pushing reservoirs and river flows to unusually low levels.