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Supermarkets ration bottled water as drought leads shoppers to panic buy

One Aldi store had put up warning notices to customers limiting them to five single bottles of water each

Wales Online

Yorkshire Water announces hosepipe ban from August 26

The company has more than five million customers

Evening Standard

Yorkshire Water to bring in hosepipe ban for five million UK customers

Yorkshire Water is the latest firm to announce restrictions, to start on 26 August, while a South East Water ban is now in place for some 1.4m Kent and Sussex customers.

Daily Mirror

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What water companies are telling customers across UK amid drought fears

Many water companies across the country are taking necessary steps to help tackle a potential drought in the coming weeks

Manchester Evening News

Water companies issue warnings to customers amid drought concerns

The National Drought Group moved England into ‘Prolonged Dry Weather’ status.

The Independent UK

24 places likely to see hosepipe bans next as first comes into force

The second ban will be implemented from next Friday

Wales Online

Emergency water plant in London unusable despite drought risk

Thames Water’s £250m desalination facility out of action amid supply capacity doubts

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How to save water to reduce your bills and help the environment

During dry summer spells the pressure on our water systems increases

Wales Online

Boat owners on UK’s longest canal stuck due to record water shortage in heatwave

Stretches of the Leeds-Liverpool canal will be shut as heatwave continues

The Independent UK

Water firms urge Brits to spend less time in the shower as reservoirs hit low point

Yorkshire Water has said the amount of stored water is now the same as in 1995 - when supplies ended up being brought to the area by tankers. Some areas came within 10 days of running out of water

Daily Mirror

Boat owners on UK’s longest canal stuck amid record water shortage

A lack of recent rainfall forces part of the Leeds-Liverpool canal to shut while 5 million face a hosepipe ban

The Guardian - UK

Revolting mass of flushed wet wipes is pulled from sewer after clogging the system

Yorkshire Water has released images of a huge mass of disgusting wet wipes that were removed from a Hull sewer as a warning for people not to flush them down the toilet

Daily Mirror

Yorkshire water company calls for mandatory labels on wet wipes to prevent blocked pipes

Yorkshire Water believes customers do not understand the current labelling system

Birmingham Post

Grim pictures show why we need a new law on wet wipes, experts say

Current rules are causing confusion and creating environmental problems

Wales Online

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Manchester Evening News

A&E doctor's week from hell after poo and loo roll fill garden

NHS doctor walked into his back garden to find it "filled with s**t"

Leeds Live

Orphaned otters found abandoned in River Aire after losing their mum need names with public urged to help

Yorkshire Water is looking to rehabilitated the pair who currently don't have a name

The Independent UK

Public invited to help name orphaned otters in search of new home

The cubs were separated from their mothers in bad weather in January last year.

Leeds Live

Pretty River Wharfe swimming spot contaminated by dirty water from people's waste pipes

Investigation traces pollution in River Wharfe - UK's first designated inland bathing water - to misconnected waste water pipes

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The Guardian - UK

Ofwat raises serious concerns over five water firms’ sewage treatment works

Regulator taking action against Anglian, Northumbrian, Thames, Wessex and Yorkshire Water

Daily Mirror

'Fat cat' water firm bosses earn £15m as amount of raw sewage dumped in rivers rockets

The average wage for bosses at the water and sewage companies in England was nearly £1.7m and their standard salary rise was 27%, a Mirror probe has revealed

Wales Online

Water firm issues statement following mystery dog illnesses across England

Yorkshire Water posted a response over reports

Daily Mirror

Wakefield fire: Warning to keep windows shut as inferno cuts off water supply

Yorkshire Water has apologised to residents over no water or low pressure in the Ossett area as fire crews warn of possible disruption to power supply after a huge fire

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