UK's largest water provider calls for hose bans

London (AFP) Aug 17, 2022

Britain's largest water provider on Wednesday became the latest UK supplier to announce restrictions on usage as swathes of England grapple with a punishing drought. Thames Water, which supplies 15 million people in London and some surrounding counties, said the ban on hoses would begin on August 24. It asked domestic customers not to use hoses for cleaning cars, watering gardens, fillin