There are currently no plans to introduce an imminent hosepipe ban in Wales despite weeks of dry weather and other parts of the UK already limiting supply. South West Water which supplies the south west of England has been in an official drought period since August 2022 with a hosepipe ban in place in Cornwall and North Devon.
In April 2023 restrictions were extended to north, west and mid Devon while reservoir levels remain to recover. However in Wales, despite a very dry spring, there is no imminent plans to introduce the same restrictions.
After an incredibly hot summer in 2022 which saw temperatures well above 30C in parts and the hottest day on record, by September Natural Resources Wales declared that the whole country was under drought status. As reservoir levels slowly recovered this was lifted by January 2023.
