Everything you need to know about the hosepipe ban
Everything you need to know about the hosepipe banImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Thames Water's ban affects 10 million of its customersByShakira AbdiReporting fromLondonPublished19 minutes agoMore and more Londoners are living under a hosepipe ban as the long summer of dry weather continues. This restriction comes after greater demand for public water supplies, which has increased by up to 30% on the hottest days this July.Seven water companies have implemented or announced future hosepipe bans to reduce the strain on treatment works and storage during peak demand. The botanical garden in Richmond, west London, has more than 11,000 trees in its living collections.
- ▪Everything you need to know about the hosepipe banImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Thames Water's ban affects 10 million of its customersByShakira AbdiReporting fromLondonPublished19 minutes agoMore and more Londoners are living und
- ▪This restriction comes after greater demand for public water supplies, which has increased by up to 30% on the hottest days this July.Seven water companies have implemented or announced future hosepipe bans to reduce the strain on treatment
- ▪The botanical garden in Richmond, west London, has more than 11,000 trees in its living collections.
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Everything you need to know about the hosepipe banImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Thames Water's ban affects 10 million of its customersByShakira AbdiReporting fromLondonPublished19 minutes agoMore and more Londoners are living under a hosepipe ban as the long summer of dry weather continues. This restriction comes after greater demand for public water supplies, which has increased by up to 30% on the hottest days this July.Seven water companies have implemented or announced future hosepipe bans to reduce the strain on treatment works and storage during peak demand.
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