William Hill make Surrey the 6/4 favourite to be the next county to implement a hosepipe ban in the UK. A period of very dry weather has seen Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Sussex and Kent impose restrictions on water usage and the leading bookmaker makes Surrey the favourite to be the next county to follow suit ahead of Dorset at 2/1, and Devon at 3/1.
Meanwhile, Hills expect the mercury to continue to rise with the hottest day in August odds-on at 4/7 to be between 35 and 39.9C. It’s 8/1 for the hottest day of 2022 to be recorded this month, while William Hill are 12/1 that a temperature of 40C is recorded this week.
William Hill spokesman, Tony Kenny, said: “Little to no rain looks likely for at least another couple of weeks and further hosepipe bans are surely on the cards. We make Surrey the 6/4 favourite to be the next county to announce a ban on water usage with Dorset next in line at 2/1 and Devon 3/1.
