A hosepipe ban has been announced for South East Water customers in Kent and Sussex
More hosepipe bans are expected to be announced.A new hosepipe ban has been imposed on Kent and Sussex after a water company was left with "no choice" but to tighten usage.South East Water's ban stops customers using hosepipes or sprinklers to water their gardens, clean their cars or to fill up ponds and pools."This has been a time of extreme weather conditions across the UK," a statement said.
"The demand for water this summer has broken all previous records, including the Covid lockdown heatwave. South East Water, which has 2.2 million customers across Kent, Sussex, Surrey, Berkshire and Hampshire, had previously warned it might need to "impose more formal bans".
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