Starting next Wednesday homes in the Southeast will ban hose pipes.
Thames Water announced today that 15 million and makes it illegal to use garden tools towater plants or clean cars.
This is not a problem for most people, but it is not permitted to fill or maintain swimming pools or fountains with water, even if they use permanent plumbing.
This ban applies to LondonDartford, Croydon, Sevenoaks, Guildford, Godalming, Slough, Reading, Newbury, Aylesbury, Oxford, Swindon, Banbury, Cirencester It covers the entire area of
Thames Water is the latest company to impose water restrictions after drought was officially declared in more than half of the UK.
South West Water placed restrictions in Cornwall and Devon on Monday .
This comes on the heels of announcements over the past few weeks from Southern Water, South East Water, Welsh Water and Manx Water .
The UK is experiencing the hottest and driest month on record, pushing water networks into the red zone. said to be level.
Much of the country has seen welcome downpours in recent days, but experts warn it could be months before water levels return to normal. ing.
London and the South East were placed under a 'life-threatening' yellow weather warning today due to impending thunderstorms.
Flooding of homes and businesses is "probable and likely to occur quickly," while "rapidly flowing or deep flooding is likely to occur and pose a threat to life."
Depending on the location, about 30 to 50 mm of rain can fall within an hour, and in some places more than 100 mm can be seen in a few hours.
Heavy rains during drought sound like a good thing, but when large amounts of water suddenly fall on hot, dry, hard land, dangerous flash floods can occur. there is.
Met Office's Stephen Dixon told his Metro.co.uk:
``There should be a long drizzle, not a short storm, but a slow drizzle.''
}Thames Water CEO Sarah Bentley said:
"After months of below-average rainfall and recent extreme temperatures in July and August, water resources in the region are drying up.
"Despite investment in the UK's largest water leakage reduction programme, customer demand is at unprecedented levels to save water, further reduce risk and
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