People in Nottinghamshire have been warned to think about how they use water as a hosepipe ban was introduced elsewhere in the country. Severn Trent Water said it was 'exceedingly important' everyone was cautious as temperatures are expected to soar even further over the next few days.
A yellow heat alert has also been issued by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) which will be in place from 9am Friday, June 23 until 9am on Monday, June 26. The warning comes as daytime temperatures are expected to increase from Friday, and temperatures overnight are also becoming more warm and humid.
A spokesman for Severn Trent Water said only 55 per cent of the expected rainfall fell in May. He added that reservoir levels in the region were at around 85 per cent capacity.
It comes after a hosepipe ban was introduced in the south east of the country.
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The spokesman said: "Severn Trent hasn’t put a hosepipe ban in place in our region for nearly 30 years - since 1995. Reservoir levels across our region are in excellent shape at around 85% capacity.
"This is thanks to the hard work of our operational teams over the winter months, the millions of pounds we have spent moving water around the network and the outstanding response from our customers in thinking about their water usage through last year’s hot and dry summer.
"While the wet weather in March and April helped to top up reservoirs, we only saw 55% of average rainfall in May and after the record-breaking hot summer last year, it is exceedingly important that everybody continues to think about the ways that we use water. If we all continue to work together, there’s no reason to believe that we will need a hosepipe ban in 2023."
