A drought has been declared in parts of south-west Wales and a hosepipe ban has come into effect . Natural Resources Wales said the threshold to trigger drought status in south-west Wales was met on Friday (August 19).
The decision was taken by NRW and the Welsh Government's Drought Liaison Group after discussing the impact the prolonged heatwave had wreaked on the environment, particularly rivers and reservoirs.
It is comes after weeks of record temperatures and record levels of demand for water, as we experience one of the driest years since 1976.
