In #SouthWest #England we've had 2 weeks of dry hot weather, and at least another week with no rain.

Will the #drought and #HosepipeBan come earlier again

We need massive action by all to leave this planet habitable for future generations & the #biome

#ClimateEmergency
#ClimateCrisis
#ClimateChange
#ClimateAction
#ClimateJustice
#KlimaKrise
#Klimakatastrophe
#AltText

Yesterday Yorkshire Water lifted its hosepipe ban but somehow when it’s minus 1 and icy 🥶, you realise you no longer have any desire to clean car or paths. #wimp #opportunitymissed #hosepipeban

Yorkshire water has today announced the end of its #HosePipeBan, so naturally, I find myself listening to the rain hammering on my window.
My garden water butts are already full to the brim so time to invest in more storage to provide my plants with water during next years dry spell.#Gardening #PlanningAhead

For friends in the #ThamesWater area, I have just received an email saying the #HosepipeBan is over.

You may now wash your cars! 😄

It's a funny old world... #yorkshire #barnsley #hosepipeban #water

Ofwat’s patience with water firms is drying up
In 30 years the private sector has not stemmed its leaks or stopped dumping sewage in our rivers.
#hosepipeban #sewage

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ofwats-patience-with-water-firms-is-drying-up-g0hsgj9tx?shareToken=fa4d72f2e2a781c757b147dd120fbdcd

"South East Water has announced a ban on hosepipe and sprinkler use for its customers in Kent and Sussex."

#UK #UnitedKingdom #Kent #Hosepipeban #Sussex

https://news.sky.com/story/south-east-water-announces-hosepipe-and-sprinkler-ban-for-customers-in-kent-and-sussex-12664588

"A hosepipe ban will be imposed from next Friday by Southern Water in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight."

"The company said there was no risk to water supply but the ban was needed to protect the environment during "one of the driest years on record for over a century" and record temperatures."

#UK #UnitedKingdom #Hosepipe #Hosepipeban

https://news.sky.com/story/hosepipe-ban-imposed-on-hampshire-and-isle-of-wight-after-heatwave-12661145

Just as obviously, come Monday, somewhere in the country there'll be a #HosepipeBan

Makes me wonder, sometimes, what would the water companies do if their infrastructure didn't leak so much?:*

They'd be bored out of their tiny minds in the Spring & Summer (;*