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Thames Water to Introduce Hosepipe Ban Across Four Counties
OXFORDSHIRE, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, SWINDON, BERKSHIRE, WILTSHIRE, JUL 14 – The ban affects 1.1 million customers due to a 30% rise in water use during hot days and aims to protect reservoirs and local rivers amid record dry conditions.
- On Tuesday, Thames Water will start a temporary hosepipe ban, affecting about 1.1 million customers across Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire, Swindon, most of Wiltshire and parts of Berkshire.
- Amid prolonged dry weather, the Environment Agency placed the Thames Valley into prolonged dry weather status, prompting Thames Water to announce a hosepipe ban starting July 22.
- Restrictions bar customers from using hosepipes for watering gardens, washing cars or filling pools and cleaning windows, while businesses such as car washes and garden centres are exempt.
- Non-Compliance risks fines of up to £1,000, and reservoirs are just over 55% full, about 26% below normal levels.
- Meanwhile, Thames Water says further restrictions may follow if dry conditions persist, urging everyone to `make every drop count`.
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Million more face hosepipe ban after dry spell
Thames Water has asked customers not to use hosepipes, including for cleaning cars, watering plants, filling pools or cleaning windows. About a million more people will face a hosepipe ban as Thames Water announced the move following one of the driest springs on record. Thames Water has brought in a temporary ban for about 1.1 million customers in Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire, Swindon, most of Wiltshire and parts of Berkshire, from July 22. Lond…
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