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United Utilities End Hosepipe Ban

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 August has enabled the ban to be lifted although some reservoirs in the region are still below average for this time of year.

United Utilities supply demand manager, Richard Blackwell said: Reservoir levels have risen in recent weeks in Cumbria and North Wales and have stabilised in the Pennines with the rainfall over the last month. We now have sufficient reservoir storage overall to be able to lift the ban. This will come as welcome news to our millions of customers, who have been extremely patient and conscientious in their water usage.

Our key reservoirs in Cumbria and North Wales are now at the kind of levels we would expect for the time of year. Pennine reservoir levels remain below normal, with some still at very low levels, but we are now able to compensate for this shortfall by moving more water from Cumbria and North Wales using our integrated pipe network. Overall, the situation is much improved and the ban is no longer required to safeguard essential supplies.

“We’d like to thank customers for bearing with us since July 9. Although the ban is over, some reservoirs are still very low, so it’s important people continue to do what they can to save water around the home and garden.

What are your thoughts on the hosepipe ban and how it has been handled by United Utilities? Please use the comments box below to have your say.

6 replies on “United Utilities End Hosepipe Ban”

Maybe if our government didn’t sell tanker loads of water to other countries which we the bill payers pay for then maybe we wouldn’t have needed the ban in the first place, ridiculous!! Driest months December to june?? what about all the snow we had in January and February and also March? utter joke this country.

Absolutely ludicrous to install a ban in the first place
retards run this company.
Will I get the £15 pounds I had to pay to first get my car washed?
No.
When calling I advised the company I would be using a pressure washer to clean my car as it actually uses very little water, I was advised against this in favour of buckets.
I then used 9 buckets and therefore more water than I would have.

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