Yorkshire Water: Weekend Rain Brings 'Triple Impact' Benefits

The government’s government problem

The heavy rain that arrived last week was, for the nation’s gardeners, an encouraging sign after what had been the driest spring since 1893. But the sad truth is that relatively little of that water will have ended up in the country’s reservoirs, the newest of which was completed in 1992. Most of it ran into our combined sewers, where rainwater is mixed with household waste. The untreated effluent then overflowed into our rivers and inshore wate…

Yorkshire Water issues major update on hosepipe ban after weekend of rain

Yorkshire Water’s reservoirs are now less than half full amid the hosepipe ban, despite the wet weather over the weekend.

Yorkshire Water: Weekend rain brings 'triple impact' benefits

Yorkshire Water's director of water, Dave Kaye, has shared an update on the reservoir stock situation following rainfall on the weekend of July 19…

Rainfall welcome but Yorkshire reservoir stocks still going down

RAINFALL over the weekend provided much-needed relief for dry ground, gardens and the region’s rivers, but water levels in the area's reservoirs…

Hosepipe ban update as Yorkshire Water announces 'welcome' weekend of rain

Yorkshire Water has issued an update

Rainfall provides relief for Yorkshire reservoirs as stocks continue to fall

Recent weekend rainfall has eased drought conditions across Yorkshire, benefiting rivers, gardens, and dry ground, reports Yorkshire Water.