Yorkshire Water hosepipe ban update as reservoir levels rise for seventh week

RESERVOIR levels in Yorkshire have risen for the seventh consecutive week but they remain “well below average" for the time of year.

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A household hosepipe ban has been in place in the region since July and this is set to remain in force until “reservoirs have sufficiently recovered”.

Yorkshire Water says stocks at its reservoirs are now at 57.1 per cent having reached the lowest levels “they have ever been” for the time of year during the summer which led to the introduction of usage restrictions. The average at this point of the year is 74.2 per cent.

The drop in water levels followed months of low rainfall and a drought was eventually declared in June.

The Environment Agency has since issued more than 30 drought permits to Yorkshire Water to secure public drinking water supplies.