We cover news from public bodies and utility companies for UK households on power cuts, weather, water, health, safety and security. Each report includes the date and sources, with links to our guides.
Devon County Council has backed South West Water's appeal for households and businesses to cut unnecessary water use, saying parts of Devon remain in severe drought despite recent rainfall.
United Utilities says repairs to a burst water main on Rochdale Road in Oldham are complete and the main is being refilled, with tankers kept in the area as the incident remains active for OL1, OL8…
South West Water has published an article dated 28 October 2026 explaining why it is asking everyone to save water during stormy weather, as drought conditions continue in its region.
South East Water applied to the Government on 2 October 2026 for a non-essential use ban in its Sussex supply area, as Ardingly Reservoir fell to 22.8 per cent full and most English reservoirs…
Ten water companies were operating temporary use bans, commonly known as hosepipe bans, as of 14 September 2026, after repeated heatwaves and prolonged dry weather raised demand for water over the…
The Environment Agency declared drought across East Anglia on Wednesday 29 July 2026, and Essex & Suffolk Water has announced a Temporary Use Ban across its whole supply area, enforced from 3 August.
Scottish Water is moving water by tanker to almost 20 locations across Scotland after a series of trunk main bursts and high demand, with domestic use up by an average of 10 per cent.
Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water asked customers to help keep taps flowing after demand passed a billion litres a day during the third heatwave of 2026.
Essex & Suffolk Water has formally asked customers in Suffolk to use less water after three heatwaves and almost no rain since 1 July, with demand up seven million litres a day.
Cambridge Water has imposed a temporary hosepipe ban across its region from 9 July 2026, enforceable from 1am on 17 July 2026, after record demand and one of the driest springs in recent years.
South East Water says demand on its network peaked at 687 million litres a day on 24 June 2026, nearly 100 million litres above the June average, as hosepipe restrictions apply across all its supply…
CCW and Ofwat have published joint research finding fewer than one in ten customers affected by two South East Water supply incidents last winter were satisfied with how the company handled them.
The Drinking Water Inspectorate has reported a water quality event affecting supplies in the Maerdy and Ferndale area on 21 May, with Dwr Cymru Welsh Water working to restore normal service.
South East Water says supplies returned overnight to about 6,500 properties in the Tunbridge Wells area after a new incident caused by recent pipe bursts, separate from the earlier boil water notice.
The Drinking Water Inspectorate has begun an investigation into loss of supply incidents in parts of Kent and Sussex reported by South East Water, covering events, company actions and consumer…
A supply interruption that began on 6 January 2026 affected potentially 69,000 properties across Kent and Sussex, with no water, low pressure and intermittent supply, and no formal boil water notice.
The Drinking Water Inspectorate has opened a full water quality investigation into a loss of supply in the Pembury and Tunbridge Wells area, where South East Water served a boil water notice.
South East Water has told about 24,000 customers in Tunbridge Wells to boil water before drinking or cooking from midday on 3 December 2025, after water quality problems returned at its Pembury…
South East Water restarted the Pembury Water Treatment Works on 3 December with a boil water instruction for about 6,500 properties in the Tunbridge Wells area, and has since lifted the notice.
South East Water shut down its Pembury water treatment works after water quality problems on 29 and 30 November 2025, leaving 6,500 properties in the Tunbridge Wells area without water or with low…