UK drought: water firms on alert as hosepipe ban fears grow
Government ministers, officials, water firms and other bodies on the national drought group met on Wednesday to discuss the risk of drought this summer. Water company chief executives will attend another meeting in July.
The Environment Agency said that after an 'exceptionally wet' 2024, this year had taken a 'dramatically different turn'. Met Office data shows that the three months from February to April have been the driest in England since 1956.
England experienced its driest March since 1961, recording only a quarter of average rainfall for the month. April had half the usual rainfall.
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