Hosepipe ban for Thames Water customers
The ban on using hosepipes comes into affect on Wednesday 24th August
15 million customers within the Thames Water region will be under a hosepipe ban from next Wednesday.
The water provider say the ban, which impacts households in Swindon and surrounding areas, comes following the driest July.
It means households can't be used for watering gardens, cleaning cars or windows, filling paddling pools.
Thames Water say with temperatures being some of the hottest in the UK on record, the River Thames has reached it's lowest level since 2005 and has led to a drop in reservoir levels in the Thames Valley.
The CEO of Thames Water, Sarah Bentley says: “Implementing a Temporary Use Ban for our customers has been a very difficult decision to make and one which we have not taken lightly. After months of below average rainfall and the recent extreme temperatures in July and August, water resources in our region are depleted".