We all need to think more about saving water. Prolonged dry weather across the UK - combined with two summer heatwaves - have depleted rivers, reservoirs and aquifers.
Today (August 15), it was announced a hosepipe ban will start in Cornwall for the first time in 26 years. The ban will begin on August 23, with South West Water saying it had been "left with no other choice" to "protect our precious water".
It follows hosepipe bans by Southern Water in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight and by South East Water in Kent and Sussex. And last week, eight parts of England, including Devon, Kent, East Anglia and Lincolnshire, were officially declared as being in drought.
