UK Hosepipe Bans On Horizon As Drought Declared
Severn Trent, which supplies eight million customers in central England and Wales said there was 'an increasingly likelihood' of water restrictions in the near future unless there was persistent rain.
The warning comes as the Environment Agency is expected to declare official drought status for parts of the UK within the next two days.
East Anglia is most at risk of drought status. The region had just had its driest spring in more than a century with just 28.1 mm of rain - or a fifth of the long term average. Farmers are struggling with parched soils and cracked earth.
Despite the rain of the last week - and the deluges in the North West over the last month - rivers and reservoirs across southern and central England remain low for the time of year, particularly in the Midlands and the South.
Severn Trent is the first water company to raise the spectre of hosepipe bans this year.
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