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South East Water has announced temporary hosepipe restrictions for Kent and Sussex from 26 June 2023 after record demand left some customers with low pressure or no water.
South East Water introduced a hosepipe ban for customers in Kent and Sussex after the hottest June on record pushed demand for water to record levels, the company has said.
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service has issued a very high wildfire warning for East, Central and Southern Scotland, in place from 26 May until Monday 29 May 2023.
Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service issued an Amber wildfire alert on 20 May 2023, running until 27 May and possibly longer, after a warm, dry Bank Holiday forecast.
South West Water has announced a hosepipe ban, the Chartered Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering reports, setting out what households can and cannot do with a mains-connected hose.
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service has warned of an extreme risk of wildfire across Central and Southern Scotland from 19 to 21 April 2023, with a very high risk in the North.
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service has issued a wildfire warning rated extreme for South West Scotland and very high for Central-Eastern Scotland, in force from Friday 10 March until Saturday 11…
South West Water says river and reservoir levels have stabilised after recent rainfall but the region remains in drought, with hosepipe bans still in force in North Devon and Cornwall and a £30 bill…
South West Water has confirmed its hosepipe ban remains in place across Cornwall and parts of North Devon, saying reservoir levels are still extremely low and asking customers to keep saving water.
South West Water has warned that reservoir levels are extremely low in Cornwall after one of the driest periods in over 130 years, and that further restrictions may follow.
South West Water has asked customers in Cornwall and parts of Devon to cut water use further, warning that reservoir levels remain exceptionally low and more restrictions may follow without sustained…
Eleven of the 14 Environment Agency areas in England moved from prolonged dry weather to drought status on 20 September 2022, with parts of South West Wales also in drought.
Wales received just 64% of its long-term average rainfall between March and September 2022, the driest seven-month period in 150 years, which led to a drought being declared.
South West Water's Temporary Use Ban, announced on 15 August 2022, came into effect at 00:01 on Tuesday 23 August for Cornwall and the Upper Tamar region in Northern Devon.
A drought was officially declared in eight regions of England on 12 August 2022, as Surrey households lost water after problems at a treatment works and hosepipe bans took effect.
South West Water said on 12 August 2022 that it would introduce water restrictions if prolonged hot, dry weather and extremely high demand continued across its region.
Yorkshire Water has announced a hosepipe ban across its region from 26 August 2022, after parts of Yorkshire recorded the lowest rainfall since records began more than 130 years ago.
Public Health Wales analysis found 98.1 deaths a day in Wales on days covered by a Met Office extreme heat alert in summer 2022, against 84.3 on days with no alert, during heat events in July and…
Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service has issued a red fire severity alert for the coming days after attending 180 fires in the open in the first ten days of August 2022, up from 34 in the same…
South West Water brought in a temporary hosepipe ban from 00:01am on Saturday 8 August 2022 for customers across Devon, Cornwall, parts of Dorset and Somerset and the Isles of Scilly, to protect…