If your home or garden has been flooded, it will come as little consolation. Water companies are confident they will not have to impose hosepipe bans on gardeners this summer…
hosepipe
Drought is over – but hosepipe bans stay
The drought has been declared over in 19 counties – but hose bans will remain in force. Recent record-breaking rainfall led the Environment Agency to re-analyse water levels, as dozens…
Hosepipe ban leads to 800% rise in water butt sales
Gardeners are panic buying water butts as the drought tightens its grip on the UK. Haskins, the four-strong garden centre chain with two of its outlets in hosepipe ban areas, reported…
Hosepipe bans to hit ‘by Easter’
Gardeners in the south are on track for the worst water shortages since the summer of 1976 – while those in the north face the risk of flooding. The north-south…
Parts of UK now in winter drought
Gardeners in central, eastern and southern Britain have been warned to brace themselves for hosepipe bans. The damp Christmas failed to provide sufficient rainfall to replenish depleted reservoirs. Environment Agency…
Hose pipe ban fears after dry winter
After a bitter winter of snow and ice, gardeners are being warned to prepare for drought and possible hosepipe bans. The UK had 38 per cent less rain than normal…