It has been in place for more than three months
with Ponden reservoir in the Worth Valley, in order to transfer water and balance stocks. The drought scheme helped the reservoir levels to increase from 20% to around 80%.
The water company also increased its leakage activity in reaction to the warm dry weather – hiring additional leakage technicians and introducing a seven-day working pattern helped the company to fix leaks twice as quickly. Yorkshire Water is on track to reduce leakage by more than 9% this year, bringing it closer to its goal of 15% reduction by 2025.Neil added: “As we’ve seen this year, climate change is making weather patterns more extreme.
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