Hosepipe Ban

The Severn Trent water company has warned that water restrictions are under review, following the second driest spring since records began. The GMB union has been told that a hosepipe ban was likely in two weeks, though Severn Trent have not confirmed this. The company has 8 million customers and covers...

As has been suspected for a few days, the Environment Agency has today declared a drought in East Anglia. Here’s the Agency’s statement in full: Parts of the Anglian region are now officially in a state of drought, Defra and the Environment Agency announced today. Areas in the South West,...

United Utilities have announced that they are lifting the hosepipe ban from Thursday 19th of August following recent rainfall enabling water stocks to be replenished. The hosepipe ban was put in place on July 9th after the driest December to June for more than 70 years. Good rainfall between July and...

We’ve been getting a lot of questions regarding the hosepipe ban recently put in place by United Utilities. The most popular question is along the lines of “what can I and can’t I use the hosepipe for?” It’s really very simple at the moment. Banned: Washing of private vehicles...

The Environment Agency is warning residents in the North West of England that the area is at risk of drought unless there is substantial rainfall in the next two months. Reservoirs in the region are expected to fall further than their already low levels during July and August. “Environmental damage”...

Ofwat today announced targets for water companies to increase water efficiency savings by 40 per cent from 2010 – a response to lacklustre performance by some companies on helping their customers use water more wisely. The regulator is demanding that water companies help customers save at least...

The Consumer Council for Water today (18 November) welcomed the recommendations put forward in Martin Cave’s interim report on competition in the water industry, and is echoing the call to get competition right for business customers first. Dame Yve Buckland, Chair of the Consumer Council for Water,...

The interim report by Professor Martin Cave into competition and innovation in water markets is published today. The report sets out Professor Cave’s recommended measures for increasing retail competition in the water industry which could benefit customers and the economy by up to £600 million...

Ninety-six per cent of England’s bathing waters met the minimum water quality standards set by the European Bathing Water Directive this year and 65.7 per cent met the highest guideline standards according to tests carried out by the Environment Agency. Other results this year show: Of the 414...

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