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We cannot confirm Hafren Dyfrdwy's current position from its own published notice, so this page asserts nothing about it. That is deliberate: a wrong all-clear here would send someone out with a hosepipe under a restriction carrying a fine of up to 1,000 pounds, and a wrong restriction would cost them a brown lawn for no reason. Check Hafren Dyfrdwy's own notice, linked below, before using a hosepipe. Everything else on this page, the supply area, the exclusions, the penalties and the history, is stable information that does not depend on today's status.
Last confirmed on 18 August 2026: no restrictions. We're re-checking. Re-confirmed 10 August 2026 by ABSENCE rather than from their own page, which refuses automated checks from every client tried. A Temporary Use Ban must be published as a statutory notice under s.76B, and the Public Notice Portal sweep has read 259 statutory notices this season and captured all nine known bans, including South West Water's region-wide one. It carries none for Hafren Dyfrdwy. The evidence tier is set to absence_of_notice to say exactly that, which also gives this record the shorter 72-hour window rather than a positive statement's. Confirmed from Hafren Dyfrdwy's own site on 25 July 2026: 'We don't have a hosepipe ban in place, but using water wisely helps us support our customers, communities and the environment when demand is high.' Part of the Severn Trent group, which has issued a voluntary conservation appeal covering its English supply area. The regulator in Wales is Natural Resources Wales, not the Environment Agency.
Last confirmed: no restrictions – checked 29 days ago.
We’re re-checking Hafren Dyfrdwy’s notice now, so we are not asserting that status today. Their own notice is authoritative. Check it before using a hosepipe.
We are an unofficial tracker, so Hafren Dyfrdwy’s own notice is the version that legally applies to you.
Hafren Dyfrdwy supplies about 250,000 people in north east and mid Wales, covering Wrexham, Flintshire, Denbighshire and Powys. It is the smallest of the Welsh suppliers and takes its name from the two rivers its supply areas sit on, the Severn and the Dee, which are two separate systems rather than one connected network.
Two boundaries need care. Welsh Water supplies most of the rest of Wales and restricted use in one west Wales zone in July 2026; that zone is 80 miles from here and this is a different company. Hafren Dyfrdwy is also part of the Severn Trent group, whose appeal covers its English supply area, and a group announcement does not carry into Wales, where the regulator is Natural Resources Wales rather than the Environment Agency.
Source: Hafren Dyfrdwy
The sections on why a restriction was declared, and on what it restricts, are not shown here: with the status unconfirmed there is nothing verified to describe, and inventing it would be worse than leaving it out. Hafren Dyfrdwy's own notice is the authoritative statement of its current position.
If a Temporary Use Ban were in force here, breaching it would be a criminal offence. The maximum is level 3 on the standard scale, currently £1,000, under section 76(5) of the Water Industry Act 1991. It is not a fixed penalty: Hafren Dyfrdwy cannot issue one and would have to prosecute. In practice companies publish an enforcement policy that starts with a warning, so a first breach realistically produces a letter.
Hafren Dyfrdwy is a recent creation, formed from the Welsh operations of Severn Trent and the former Dee Valley Water, so its own restriction history is short. Neither predecessor area has been under a hosepipe restriction in recent seasons. The relevant regional context is that Welsh Water's 2026 restriction was demand-led in a single west Wales zone rather than a Wales-wide shortage, so it says little about the position on the Dee and the upper Severn.
Source: Hafren Dyfrdwy
We could not confirm Hafren Dyfrdwy's current status from its own notice, so this site asserts nothing either way. Check Hafren Dyfrdwy's own notice before using a hosepipe.
Because we could not confirm it against Hafren Dyfrdwy's own published notice, and this site does not assert a status it cannot stand behind. A wrong all-clear costs a reader up to 1,000 pounds; a wrong ban costs them a brown lawn. Neither is acceptable, so it says so instead.
We cannot confirm Hafren Dyfrdwy's current position, so this page will not tell you either way. A watering can or bucket is safe whatever the status, because a Temporary Use Ban never restricts them. For a hosepipe, check Hafren Dyfrdwy's own notice first.
Up to 1,000 pounds, imposed by a magistrates' court on conviction under section 76 of the Water Industry Act 1991. It is not a fixed penalty: Hafren Dyfrdwy would have to prosecute, and starts with a warning.
Usually, but not automatically everywhere. Most companies exempt Priority Services Register customers and Blue Badge holders who cannot reasonably use a can or bucket, some automatically and some on registration. Hafren Dyfrdwy's own notice sets the wording.
Your water bill, on the water supply line rather than the sewerage line: in much of England and Wales those are two different companies. Hafren Dyfrdwy supplies the hafren dyfrdwy supply area in north east and mid wales.
No. Welsh Water's July 2026 restriction covers about 33,000 properties in mid and south Ceredigion with parts of north Pembrokeshire and north Carmarthenshire. Hafren Dyfrdwy is a separate company supplying north east and mid Wales, and Welsh Water's notice does not extend to its customers.
The supply area covers Wrexham and the Dee valley in the north east, and parts of Powys along the upper Severn in mid Wales, with Welsh Water surrounding both and Severn Trent to the east.
3 outward postcode districts resolve to Hafren Dyfrdwy here, as primary supplier or as one candidate among several. An outward code is the part before the space: SO14, not SO14 3AB.
Source: Hafren Dyfrdwy
Hafren Dyfrdwy publishes water quality data openly but does not include a hardness determinand in any edition. We have asked them for it in writing. In the meantime their own customer pages are the place to check.
Source of record: Hafren Dyfrdwy’s own status page, last checked 18 August 2026. We do not publish a hosepipe ban on the strength of a news report; every status rests on a primary source.