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Welcome to Drought-Order.com
HOSEPIPE
BANS
April
2012 LATEST NEWS: HOSEPIPE BANS in the south-east of
England and East Anglia are effective from 5th April
2012. The drought could spread north and west to the
unless continual rains arrive soon. The Met Office says
this is unlikely.
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HERE TO SEE IF YOUR AREA IS AFFECTED
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MOST
WATER COMPANIES INTENDED TO ALLOW REGISTERED DISABLED TO
CONTINUE USING A HOSE, WHILE SOME ALSO INTENDED TO ALLOW
OVER-65s THE SAME EXEMPTION. THIS HAS NOW CHANGED.
SOME SUPPLIERS WILL ALLOW TRICKLE-IRRIGATION OF FLOWER
BEDS, TOPPING UP FISH PONDS & ORNAMENTAL WATER FEATURES
OR WATERING NEW SMALL LAWNS ETC. Check with your
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Latest News (February 2012).
First official winter Drought Areas since December 2003
Parts of East
Anglia and now the South East are officially in drought
status with parts of Midlands continuing to experience
drought conditions.
Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire, parts of Bedfordshire and
Northamptonshire, and west Norfolk are still in drought.
Hampshire, West Sussex, East Sussex, Kent, Surrey, London,
Berkshire, Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, and
the east of Gloucestershire are now in drought.
Shropshire and Nottinghamshire are still affected by dry
weather.
Anglian region groundwater levels remain exceptionally low.
Soils in these areas are still not wet enough for widespread
recharge to take place.
See ''AREAS AFFECTED''
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 Water
is scarce in England as well as in parts of Scotland, Wales and Northern
Ireland. With the lowest rainfall, groundwater and reservoir levels for
decades, large scale drought is already occurring in the UK . This
website exists purely to provide current information and help in saving
water and in living through Drought Orders.
Whenever current Drought Orders end, there will be more to follow in
the future!
We have now experienced three consecutive years of seriously low
rainfall. resulting in low groundwater and drying reservoirs and
aquifers. Everyone can help to avoid the necessity of Drought Orders and
Standpipes - and save some money at the same time!
Drought-Order.com provides
up-to-date information on the situation at all the UK's Water Supply
Companies. Add us to your favourites!
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