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Yahoo
28-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Stocks remain low despite rain
Yorkshire Water has warned that reservoir levels remain low, despite rainfall in the region over the bank holiday weekend. Its reservoir stocks have been falling since late January due to one of the driest springs on record and increased customer demand during warmer temperatures. They dropped to 62.9% on Monday from 66.1% the previous week, which is far below the average of 87.8% for this time of year. The firm said the recent wet weather caused a "very small" increase in river flows, particularly in the rivers Ure, Nidd, Wharfe and Aire, but many were dropping back down towards the "historically low levels" seen earlier in May. Dave Kaye, the company's director of water, said: "The rain over the weekend and the picture for an unsettled week ahead is a welcome relief for the region after a very dry spell. "While the rainfall over the weekend helped gardens recover and will help trees and plants in full spring growth, gardens and trees will have taken most of the rainfall, leaving less to run off into rivers, groundwater or to top up reservoirs." Yorkshire Water thanked customers for helping to create a drop in overall water usage in recent days and urged people to continue to save water where possible. "Coupled with wind and some sunshine, a lot of the rainfall has quickly evaporated," he added. "Soils are also very dry after nearly four months of very dry weather so will soak up a lot of rain, holding the water and not allowing it to flow to rivers or groundwater." Listen to highlights from West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North or tell us a story you think we should be covering here. Lowest rainfall in 90 years as temperatures set to soar Hosepipe ban 'unless rain comes' - Yorkshire Water Firm urges people to 'use water wisely' in gardens Yorkshire Water
BBC News
28-05-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Reservoir stocks remain low despite weekend rain
Yorkshire Water has warned that reservoir levels remain low, despite rainfall in the region over the bank holiday reservoir stocks have been falling since late January due to one of the driest springs on record and increased customer demand during warmer dropped to 62.9% on Monday from 66.1% the previous week, which is far below the average of 87.8% for this time of firm said the recent wet weather caused a "very small" increase in river flows, particularly in the rivers Ure, Nidd, Wharfe and Aire, but many were dropping back down towards the "historically low levels" seen earlier in May. Dave Kaye, the company's director of water, said: "The rain over the weekend and the picture for an unsettled week ahead is a welcome relief for the region after a very dry spell."While the rainfall over the weekend helped gardens recover and will help trees and plants in full spring growth, gardens and trees will have taken most of the rainfall, leaving less to run off into rivers, groundwater or to top up reservoirs."Yorkshire Water thanked customers for helping to create a drop in overall water usage in recent days and urged people to continue to save water where possible."Coupled with wind and some sunshine, a lot of the rainfall has quickly evaporated," he added."Soils are also very dry after nearly four months of very dry weather so will soak up a lot of rain, holding the water and not allowing it to flow to rivers or groundwater." Listen to highlights from West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North or tell us a story you think we should be covering here.
BBC News
15-05-2025
- Climate
- BBC News
Yorkshire Water says hosepipe ban possible 'unless rain comes'
Households in Yorkshire could be facing a hosepipe ban if the sustained dry weather in the region continues, Yorkshire Water has said. The company's director of water, Dave Kaye, said a ban was a possibility unless "there was some rain towards the end of May".This spring is currently the driest on record since 1852, according to the Met Kaye said water supplies in Yorkshire were "in a worse situation" than in 2022 when there were three heatwaves over the course of the summer. "There is a risk of a hosepipe ban," he said. "Hopefully we can get some rain towards the end of May. "If we get to 80% of long-term average [rainfall], we have modelled we won't need a hosepipe ban. "If we don't, we are going to have to look at the next steps we need to take." Severn Trent, which supplies water to households in the Midlands and Wales, said last week it was confident it would not have to impose a hosepipe ban. But Mr Kaye said the problems with supply were a "national issue" and that "a number of water companies are reporting a very similar position to ours". He also defended Yorkshire Water's record on investment and protecting supplies after bills for customers increased in April. "We have added a lot of resilience into our networks," he said. "We've reduced leakage by 15%, which increases our stocks, and we are spending £408m on mains renewals across the next five years. "We are doing everything we can to keep as much water as we can."We have put the bills up this year and we accept it is going to hit people hard but we have got facilities in place to help people who are finding it difficult." Listen to highlights from West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
