Is Your Area Facing a Hosepipe Ban? Discover the Nine Locations Affected After the Hottest June Day Ever!

A HOSEPIPE ban has been announced for thousands of households after temperatures hit 36C on the hottest June day on record.

Red weather warnings for ‘extreme heat’ are expected to last until 11pm on Friday.

has placed a hosepipe ban on nine areas in Kent, following a “very high level” of demand for drinking water.

Officially coming into force on July 3, South East Water has asked residents to comply with the from today.

This means hosepipes or sprinklers should not be used to water gardens, wash cars and patios, or fill swimming and .

South East Water’s chief executive David Hinton said he was “deeply sorry for the disruption” but that it was necessary to safeguard supply.

He said: “Our teams have worked incredibly hard to prepare for this summer, but the sheer scale of this sustained heatwave means drinking water is being drawn from our storage tanks faster than it can be treated and refilled.

“To safeguard that shared supply and prevent any homes from facing a sudden loss of water, we sadly need to ask our communities to not use their hosepipes immediately.”

The firm is currently producing more than an extra 100 million litres of a day, but says it is struggling to treat water fast enough to meet demand.

This comes just four months after the last temporary use ban was placed by water companies, including South East Water, Thames Water and Yorkshire Water.

That ban, which came into effect in July last year, lasted roughly six months following dry weather conditions and low reservoir levels.

It was only lifted in February this year, after heavy rains helped restore water supply.

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