Environment Secretary George Eustis has called on more water companies to further ban hoses as temperatures soar this week.
August was "abnormally dry", marking the first time a minister has intervened on drought concerns.
Southern Water has already imposed a hosepipe ban on British people in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, and South East Water will follow suit this Friday, against people in Kent and Sussex. also enforce the ban.
Forecasters predictwarm weatherover most of the UK this week, but dry conditions will persist with little rain or wind.
George Eustice said some companies were already taking steps "right" to mitigate the effects of prolonged dry weather, and others I urged them to take similar measures.
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(Getty Images via Anadolu Agency)Eustis wrote in The Sunday Telegraph: He uses various tools available to him to adjust the weather.
"I urge others to do the same".
Highs of 27C and 28C expected to hit parts of southern and south-eastern England on Sunday. and sunny skies are expected throughout most of the country.
Dry conditions appear to clash with hosepipe bans already imposed or to be announced, with more firms likely to follow after Environment Secretary intervention
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