12/03/12……Hosepipe ban as worse drought since 1976 continues

THAMES Water is one of seven companies in south and east England to announce today (March 13 the need to impose a hose pipe ban on its customers from next month.

The ban, and other restrictions on water use are necessary to combat the effects of an increasingly severe drought after two abnormally dry winters in a row.

Britain’s biggest water supplier said its Temporary Use Ban (TUB), or ‘hosepipe ban,’ will come into effect from April 5, before the Easter Bank Holiday weekend, and will apply to all of its 8.8m water customers across London and the Thames Valley.

Today’s decision comes after one of the driest two-year periods in southern and eastern England since records began. Since March 2010 the region has had 35cm less rain than normal.

Click http://www.thameswater.co.uk/cps/rde/xchg/corp/hs.xsl/15441.htm for more information from Thames Water.