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Water company hosepipe ban status

The current Temporary Use Ban status for water companies in England and Wales. Each page links to the supplier’s official notice and shows which water resource zones are affected.

  • Affinity WaterActive ban listed · South East and eastern England
  • Anglian WaterActive ban listed · East of England
  • Bristol WaterActive ban listed · Bristol and surrounding area
  • Cambridge WaterActive ban listed · Cambridge and South Cambridgeshire
  • Essex & Suffolk WaterActive ban listed · Essex and Suffolk
  • Northumbrian WaterNo ban listed · North East England
  • Portsmouth WaterNo ban listed · South Hampshire and West Sussex
  • SES WaterNo ban listed · Surrey, Sussex and Kent
  • South East WaterActive ban listed · Kent, Sussex, Surrey, Hampshire and Berkshire
  • South Staffs WaterNo ban listed · West Midlands and South Staffordshire
  • Severn Trent WaterNo ban listed · Midlands and parts of Wales
  • Southern WaterActive ban listed · Kent, Sussex, Hampshire and Isle of Wight
  • South West WaterActive ban listed · Cornwall, Devon, Dorset and Bournemouth
  • Thames WaterActive ban listed · London and the Thames Valley
  • United UtilitiesNo ban listed · North West England
  • Wessex WaterActive ban listed · South West and southern England
  • Yorkshire WaterNo ban listed · Yorkshire
  • Dŵr Cymru Welsh WaterActive ban listed · Most of Wales and small cross-border areas
  • Hafren DyfrdwyNo ban listed · North East and mid Wales
  • Veolia Water ProjectsNo ban listed · Site-specific inset appointment
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