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BBC News
21 hours ago
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Yorkshire Water hosepipe ban saves millions of gallons during heatwave
Yorkshire Water said it had received more than 100 reports of people flouting its hosepipe ban, as it thanked users for saving millions of litres over the ban, which is expected to last until winter, was introduced by Yorkshire Water on Friday, with more than 5m householders barred from using hosepipes for activities such as watering the garden, washing the car or filling a paddling company praised its customers after water usage dropped by about 26m gallons (100m litres) in just two Kaye, director of water at Yorkshire Water, said: "We'd like to thank customers who have put down the hosepipes over what was an extremely hot weekend." It was the first regional ban in the UK this year and comes after months of extremely hot and dry weather across Water said the region had experienced its driest and warmest spring on record, with only 6in (15cm) of rainfall between February and June - less than half of what would be expected in an average Kaye said the company understood hosepipe restrictions were "frustrating" and wanted to thank customers for "putting the hosepipes away".He said weekend usage had "decreased significantly compared to the previous heatwave" and thanked customers for using water "wisely" and continuing to report added: "We're all in this together - the vast majority of our colleagues are customers too - and we're all doing our bit at home and in the workplace to save water."Yorkshire Water reminded customers it had the "power to enforce the restrictions and we have set up a process to deal with those breaching it".The company said: "We would prefer not to have to use this and would hope customers would work with us and respect the restrictions, recognising it's been put in place to protect essential supplies." Listen to highlights from West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
BBC News
a day ago
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Yorkshire Water to hold flood advice events
Yorkshire Water is holding a series of events to give advice on reducing the risk of utility company said Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire faced the second highest flood risk in the UK, with approximately 100,000 homes at will be given on "nature-based solutions" for flood first Living with Water event is at the Driffield Show on 16 July and the team will then visit various locations across Hull and East Yorkshire until 31 August. Lauren Murtagh, community coordinator for Living with Water, said part of the project was to raise awareness of flood resilience schemes being built in the area."We're delighted that so many event organisers and community groups have invited us along to their local summer events where we can share information and updates about our flood mitigation work," she said."As we are also experiencing the driest spring for 132 years, there will be lots of opportunities to find out about water saving tips too to help everyone use water wisely this summer."On Friday, Yorkshire Water introduced a hosepipe ban affecting more than five million company said the region had experienced its driest and warmest spring on record with only 6in (15cm) of rainfall between February and June, less than half of what would be expected in an average to highlights from Hull and East Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here. Click here, to download the BBC News app from the App Store for iPhone and here, to download the BBC News app from Google Play for Android devices.
