Second water company announces hosepipe ban as millions more face restrictions in England
A second water company announced that it will bring a prohibition of a Hosepipe, as temperatures that would rise to 32C in the UK.
While the UK has been fighting after the most dry spring since 1893, dry conditions are expected to continue during the summer, and millions of British were banned under more Hosepipe.
The first prohibition in Yorkshire entered into force on Friday after it was declared a “drought” in the region. Millions of residents were forbidden to use Hosepipes in water gardens, washing cars, filling hot tubs and shovel pools and cleaning their outdoor surfaces. Anyone who violates the legally applicable ban can be fined £ 1,000.
Northwest England has been in drought conditions since the end of May.
South East Water has been the second company that has been banning a hose pipe since then. He said that 1.4 million customers in Kent and Sussex will restrict Hosepipes and Sprinklers.
The prohibited statement said that the water demand in two districts has reached “the highest levels this year and that“ now reached a point where the company has crossed the boundaries in the drought plan ”.
On June 30, he said that it provided more than 100 million liters of 680 million liters of water for summer for the summer. “We are pumping enough water to supply four towns of Maidstone or Eastbourne on such days,” the company said.
South East Water also supplies the parts of Surrey, Hampshire and Berkshire, but he did not bring bans for these regions and added that he continued to follow the situation there.
David Hinton, the Chairman of the Executive Board, said: “This long -term hot and dry air continues to be difficult to provide public water supply.
“The ongoing demand is a serious concern to ensure that we can protect the environment and protect everyone provided. Although customers want to help use water only for basic uses, unfortunately, we have not left any other options to introduce this temporary ban restriction to protect customers’ materials and the environment in the city and Sussex.
“Temporary restrictions described today will mean that customers will be prevented from using Hosepipes to irrigate their gardens, wash cars, windows and verandas, or filling swimming and paddles.”
At the beginning of this week, Thames Valley Water warned that the existing water shortage may have to announce a prohibition of a Hosepipe unless “significant” heals.
Forecasts are expected to peak more than 30 ° C at the weekend, this summer, a third heat wave is expected to last longer and the north and the West will expand to a larger part of this year.
The high levels of the 33C on Saturday, the third heat wave on Saturday, means that the third heat wave will be below the top temperatures of 34.7c recorded in July, but it will be more common.
The Association for the Prevention of Royal Accidents (Rospa) called on people to regularly drink water, look for shadows and use sunscreen.
Rospa Policy Director Steve Cole said: “Heat is no longer a holiday, but an increasing risk of public health.
“We see more frequent and intensive heat waves both in the UK and globally, and the data increases openly in heat -related diseases and deaths.”
