Thames Water says its hosepipe ban will stay in place until the end of the year, affecting customers across its service area. The company says the restrictions were enforced for all 10.1 million people it supplies last month.
The warning comes as drought conditions persist after an unusually hot summer. The Independent and other reporting note that the wider drought has led to similar rules in other parts of the country, with tens of millions of people facing water-use restrictions. One report cites that more than 27 million people nationally are under some form of restriction, while Thames Water’s own estimate focuses on its 10.1 million customers covered by the ban.
The outlets align on the timing and the scale of Thames Water’s affected customer base, while differing mainly in emphasis: one outlet focuses on Thames Water’s end-of-year extension, and another places it in the broader national context of restrictions affecting a much larger population.
