Hosepipe ban could continue into 2026, says water boss in stark new warning
The bosses in Yorkshire Water warned that the current Hosepipe ban could continue until 2026.
Dave Kaye, the company’s director, told the BBC to be forbidden despite heavy rainfall recently.
The prohibition added that if the ban would be lifted, the rest of the year should fall permanently, but the reservoir levels in the region have increased.
“I guess it will be towards the back end of this year or the beginning of next year” Told the publisher.
Yorkshire was the first region to ban a Hosepipe in July this year after the UK has been withdrawing the most dry spring for more than a century.
It is forbidden for households in Yorkshire to use Hosepipes to the water gardens, wash cars, fill the hot tubs and shovel pools and clean their outdoor surfaces.
Anyone who is caught by violating the ban legally applicable can be fined £ 1,000.
Yorkshire Water said that the region has both the most dry and the hottest spring this year, and that only 15 cm rainfall between February and June – it is less than half of the expected level in an average year.
When Mr. Kaye asked BBC whether customers will receive refund, “No, because people can use irrigation boxes … There are many resources.” He said.
However, the water company, General Manager Nicola Shaw’un an open marine parent company was reported to receive an extra unnamed extra fee after the announcement of criticism.
The water regulator ofwat examines whether the payments made to MS Shaw through Kelda Holdings by Jersey, Jersey, examines whether it complies with the rules that prohibit bonuses for the bosses of the water company between April 2023 and March 2025.
Mr. Kaye told the BBC: “Of course I can understand why people are disappointed. Our General Manager rejected the bonus because of the weak performance in Yorkshire.”
Mr. Kaye added that the money for his job for stakeholders is “a fee”. The company told the BBC that the payments made by the parent company were noted in annual reports, but it should be “more transparent”.
He also defended the company’s record to correct the leaks: uz We go out and try to correct the leaks as quickly as possible. We focus on big leaks that lose too much water and try to focus on visible leaks.
“We have reduced the leakage 15 percent in the last five years. We will do much more in the next five years.”
