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It depends on your exact address in Gloucester. We could not confirm a single verdict, so check your postcode.
Gloucester, on the tidal River Severn, is a Severn Trent city with a voluntary water-saving appeal, not a hosepipe ban.
Last confirmed: voluntary appeal – checked 29 days ago.
We’re re-checking Severn Trent’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 Severn Trent’s own notice is the version that legally applies to you.
Temporary Use Bans are made under section 76 of the Water Industry Act 1991, which lists the eleven prohibited uses at s.76(2). The Water Use (Temporary Bans) Order 2010 (SI 2010/2231) defines them. A company cannot add to that list, so the eleven uses below are the same in Gloucester as anywhere else in England and Wales.
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 the company issues itself, and enforcement in practice begins with a warning.
A hosepipe ban is set by your water company, not your council, and most bans cover only part of a company’s area. Gloucester is billed by Severn Trent, so its rules are the ones that apply here, but the boundary can run through a town: your postcode is the only certain answer.
Whatever the status, a watering can, a bucket and collected rainwater are never restricted. See what you can still do and how the fine works.
It depends on your exact address in Gloucester. We could not confirm a single verdict, so check your postcode.
Gloucester is supplied by Severn Trent. Your water bill confirms your supplier, and a ban is set per company, not per town, so the boundary can run through a town.
Up to 1,000 pounds, imposed by a magistrates' court on conviction, not a fixed penalty set by the water company. In practice enforcement starts with a warning.