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UK hosepipe bans 2026

Supplier statuses last checked .

We’re re-checking Welsh Water. Its last confirmed status is still shown here, because hiding a restriction we cannot currently re-read is the more expensive mistake, last confirmed 29 days ago.

The season’s record, from primary sources: 11 hosepipe bans declared, 10 still in force, plus 4 voluntary appeals. This page is built from each company’s recorded history and updates as events start and end.

Temporary Use Bans

CompanyStartedEndedDurationArea
South East Water3 July 2026Ongoing75 days so farWhole supply area
Southern Water10 July 2026Ongoing68 days so farHampshire and the Isle of Wight only
Anglian Water11 July 2026Ongoing67 days so farWhole supply area
Affinity Water11 July 2026Ongoing67 days so farCentral and East regions only
South West Water14 July 20268 August 202625 daysWhole supply area
Cambridge Water17 July 2026Ongoing61 days so farWhole supply area
Welsh Water19 July 2026Ongoing59 days so farParts of west Wales only
Thames Water23 July 2026Ongoing55 days so farWhole supply area
Essex & Suffolk Water3 August 2026Ongoing44 days so farWhole supply area
South West Water8 August 2026Ongoing39 days so farWhole supply area
Wessex Water18 August 2026Ongoing29 days so farWhole supply area

Voluntary appeals

Drought or dry-weather appeals with no legal force and no fine. Generic year-round efficiency campaigns are not counted.

CompanyStartedEndedDurationArea
Essex & Suffolk Water1 July 20263 August 202633 daysWhole supply area
South Staffs Water1 July 2026Ongoing77 days so farWhole supply area
Severn Trent7 July 2026Ongoing71 days so farWhole supply area
Wessex Water11 August 202617 August 20266 daysWhole supply area

Live status for any supplier is on the map and each company’s page, and the answer for your address is one postcode check away. Every event above links to the company whose own notice is the source of record.