الشركة英国 South East Water Ltd. قد تقدمت بطلب لل government لل得到了 approval لrestrict غير ضروري water use في ساسكس بسبب الجفاف المتزايد. Utility التي تخدم أكثر من 2 مليون عميل في جنوب شرق إنجلترا طلبت drought order ل banning غير ضروري commercial water use، pending approval من Environment Secretary Angela Eagle. Southern Water قدمت طلب مشابه في أغسطس، no decision بعد.
Affected businesses could include car washes و non-domestic swimming pools. This year’s drought و heatwave have drained rivers و reservoirs، disrupted supplies، و led to hosepipe bans for millions. Extreme weather also caused wildfires، damaged crops، و exposed weaknesses في aging water infrastructure.
Government stated there is one-in-four chance أن نصف England could remain in drought next spring. South East Water’s Ardingly Reservoir is only 22.8% full، و utility is tightening hosepipe ban by removing most exemptions except for health and safety. It also received permission to reduce water releases into River Ouse.
Environment Agency warned أن drought permit may not be sufficient و further measures، including non-essential use ban، may be needed. Such a ban has not been imposed في England for 20 years، last used by Sutton and East Surrey Water في 2006.
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