First Hospipe restriction The year of the year has come into force after England suffering Its dry spring in more than a century,
Houseman YorkshireWhich has been declared in Dry“, Are Stopped from using hospipes In water gardens, wash the cars, fill the hot tub and paddling pool and clean the outer surfaces.
Anyone is dissolving the ban, which is legally applicable, A fine of £ 1,000 can be imposed,
Yorkshire water It was said in this field This year, both the most drought and hot spring on records, Get just 15 cm Rain Between February and June – less than half the level is expected in an average year.
Water demand was also more than normal, the company said, except Reservoirs 55.8 percent complete, which is 26.1 percent less than normal.
Exceptions include using a hospy to clean animals – however Yorkshire water While doing so, he urged customers to be “as efficient as possible” – and filling their drinking troughs.
Yorkshire5.5 million houses can still wash their cars and water your gardens by filling a bucket or water, and business can use a tubey if it is directly related to a commercial purpose.
The company said that it had made every effort to avoid a ban, saying: “With the more dry weather forecast in the coming weeks, it is likely that our shares will continue to fall, so we need to work now to maintain clean water supply and long -term river health.”
Environment agency Chifs Warned last month He England face Water shortage Without 2055, without cutting five billion liters of leaks a day without immediate action for new construction Reservoirs,
The government announced in May that it was rapidly tracking for the construction of new reservoirs in East Anglia and Lincolnshire.
Northwest England is also DryAnd in both areas, farmers are struggling to grow crops because the land is very dry.
Water companies in England say that adequate rainfall is needed.
Last month, Tems Water Boss said he did not believe that he could avoid restrictions for his 16 million customers in this summer.
The Met Office says Spring broke the historical climate record, marking an unprecedented weather of heat and sunlight throughout the UK.
The forecasts say that the temperature of more than 30 C is at its peak in the weekend, and Hatwave Long -term survival compared to this heat and the north and west are expected to extend to a large part of Britain.
