Why are there still hosepipe bans when it's been raining so much?

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Four water companies in England - South East, South West, Thames, and Yorkshire - still have 'temporary use bans' in place. Southern and Welsh Water recently lifted restrictions after water levels in their regions improved.

It said recent rainfall has helped river and reservoir levels"slowly start to recover" but supplies remain reduced throughout the region - especially in Cornwall.strikes a more hopeful tone, saying:"Reservoir levels are moving in the right direction.

At the time, it had to withdraw 120 million litres from its North London Aquifer Recharge System underground.But it cautioned that rivers and groundwater have needed"a lot of refilling" and it is"reviewing the situation on a weekly basis".With temperatures exceeding 40C this summer, 2022 has been the driest year on record since 1976.

According to the Met Office, by November, the UK would usually expect to have seen 88% of average rainfall for the whole year.And England and Wales have seen even less - at 70% and 68% respectively.A Met Office spokesperson described current rainfall levels as"still well below average".

 

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For every day of hosepipe ban we should get a rebate. Anyone tasted the water in gloucester? Its disgusting.

Wrong type of rain?

Because the water companies still ain't fixed their leaks

Mainly the labour and lib dem run areas, they'd also keep us in lockdown if they had the chance.

Why do you need to use a hose pipe if it’s been raining so much?

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