A hosepipe ban has been extended across large parts of Devon. South West Water, which introduced a ban in Cornwall and a small area of North Devon last August, made the decision to 'replenish' depleted water supplies.
It said that, while reservoir levels were recovering, they remain lower than this time last year. The new ban, introduced on Tuesday, applies to the Roadford reservoir supply area, including Plymouth and Torquay.
It prevents customers from using hosepipes and sprinklers to water grass, clean their cars or fill pools. Last summer, a heatwave led to a drought in most of England, but Devon is one of only four regions, including Cornwall, the Isles of Scilly and East Anglia, which are yet to recover.
