A hosepipe ban has been introduced for Kent and Sussex after southern England recorded its driest July on report.
South East Water grew to become the most recent firm to announce a ban, which is able to come into impact on Friday 12 August and will probably be in place till additional discover.
This July was the driest July for England since 1935, and the driest July on report for east anglia, southeast and southern England, the Met Workplace mentioned on Monday.
Southeast England has recorded solely 8 per cent of common rainfall in July, and the longterm forecast for August and September is comparable.
South East Water mentioned the demand for water this summer season had been greater than all earlier information, together with through the coronavirus lockdown.
It mentioned it had been producing an additional 120 million litres of water a day, the equal of supplying 4 extra cities the scale of Maidstone or Eastbourne.
The purpose of the hosepipe ban is to make sure the water firm has sufficient water for important use, to guard the setting, and to scale back the quantity of water the corporate must take from native our bodies of water.
Folks in Kent and Sussex will not be allowed to make use of a hosepipe to water a backyard, clear a automobile us, fill a swimming or paddling pool amongst different actions.
If somebody is discovered to have damaged one of many guidelines they could possibly be liable to pay a tremendous of as much as 1,000 kilos, based on South East Water’s web site.
Southern Water grew to become the primary water firm to announce a hosepipe ban this yr for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight final Friday. A ban has additionally come into power on the Isle of Man.
Local weather scientists have warned that as greenhouse gases proceed to warmth the planet the UK might see hotter and drier and summers, and wetter winters.
This may trigger issues for farmers whose land might be inundated through the winter after which can undergo from lack of water in the summertime.
This yr farmers are involved that it’s going to be too dry to plant crop like oil seed rape this month, which produces a superb various to sunflower oil that’s in brief provide because of the battle in Ukraine.
