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Hundreds of households wake up without water in heatwave as locals flock to water stations

Hundreds of households in East Surrey woke up this morning with little or no water pressure amid the ongoing heatwave, leaving locals "desperate" and "scared" as temperatures are set to reach 33C

Daily Mirror

E.coli scare at reservoir leaves dozens of homes without water

Residents of the village were forced to boil kettles to wash as tankers were brought in

Wales Online

Homes left without water after E.coli bacteria found in a nearby reservoir

The bacteria was found in Stokenchurch reservoir by Thames Water - who resorted to suppling homes with bottled water as around 68 households were left without a running supply

Daily Mirror

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Positive E.coli test at reservoir left Oxfordshire village without water

Positive samples of the bacteria were found in Stokenchurch reservoir by Thames Water.

The Independent UK

Britain's dry summer set to trigger drought declarations

Parts of England are likely to declare a drought on Friday, local media reported ahead of a meeting between the government, its environment agency and water companies to discuss a long period of dry weather.

Reuters

Father of nine-month-old baby blocks Thames Water van after being left with ‘no running water for 48 hours’

Police were called to scene by blocked engineer

The Independent UK

Parents left with 'no water' BLOCK Thames Water van and demand help for their baby

Tensions came to a head on Wednesday as Chris Oxley, 40, parked two cars across the front and back of a Thames Water engineer's van while demanding to speak to a manager

Daily Mirror

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What is your water company doing to cope with the dry weather?

Four water companies have announced hosepipe bans in the UK, as another heatwave scorches the country

The Independent UK

Brits' fury at Thames Water hosepipe ban as firm wastes 24% water EVERY DAY

Britain's biggest water supplier Thames Water wastes almost a quarter of water every day, leaking around 624million as many Brits take to social media to highlight the company's failings

Daily Mirror

Met Office boss brands UK summer 'scary' and fires warning ahead of second 36C heatwave

Met Office boss Paul Davies fears a 35C heatwave such as the one we are baking under this week may become more common - and 40C could hit the UK every three years in 77 years

Daily Mirror

‘This is the future’: the Oxfordshire village living without running water

Residents of Northend, forced to rely on bottled water and a tanker, find their lives upended in the heatwave

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on water companies: nationalise a flawed private system

Editorial: Time to fix Britain’s broken private utility model, whereby natural monopolies are able to dupe weak regulators

The Guardian - UK

No hosepipe ban at No 10, as ministers call for water restrictions

Downing Street has no plan to bar use of hoses as PM is also urged to drain pool at Chequers

The Guardian - UK

UK town runs DRY with residents forced to rely on deliveries of bottled and tanker water

Residents in Northend, a community situated between Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, have been left without running water following the latest heatwave, and have been relying on bottled water

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Evening Standard

Hosepipe bans could become ‘new normal’, says Thames Water boss

Temperatures are set to hit at least 32C in London this week, prompting the Met Office to issue an extreme heat weather warning

Evening Standard

Thames Water to announce hosepipe ban for London

What is it with the English and their hosepipes? We’re not Americans, in that we’re hardly averse to state intervention in our lives (I mean, look at the tax burden).

The Independent UK

What is your water company doing to cope with the dry weather?

Four companies have announced hosepipe bans so far, but more are expected.

The Guardian - UK

Thames Water to introduce hosepipe ban ‘in coming weeks’

Ban will hit 15 million people in London and south-east England and could last until October

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The Independent UK

UK braced for extreme heat as millions more face hosepipe ban

Thames Water has said it plans to announce a hosepipe ban ‘in the coming weeks’ as the hot, dry summer continues.

Evening Standard

Thames Water to announce hosepipe ban ‘in the coming weeks’ as heatwave continues

The company said the ‘temporary-use’ ban would be imposed as a result of ‘very hot temperatures’ in the capital

Wales Online

Fourth hosepipe ban announced as we head into another week of dry weather

The Met Office has issued a four-day amber warning for extreme temperatures

Daily Mirror

Thames Water to announce hosepipe ban 'in weeks' as UK heatwave strikes

The timing was not confirmed "due to a number of operational and legal procedural requirements" but Thames Water said that customers would be updated at the earliest time possible

Evening Standard

Thames Water urges customers to limit water use but stops short of hosepipe ban

Customers have been given advice on how to save water as hot weather continues in the UK

The Independent UK

Water companies issue warnings to customers amid drought concerns

The National Drought Group moved England into ‘Prolonged Dry Weather’ status.

The Independent UK

About 50 properties damaged after flooding in north London

Emergency services were called to the scene in Islington.

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