Yesterday Southern Water placed a Temporary Use Ban on hosepipes on Hampshire and the Isle of Wight next Friday for the first time since 2012, after the recent heatwave scorched Britain.
Southern Water said although there was not a risk to their water supplies, the environment has to be protected during one of the driest years on record for over a century .
Southern Water earned notoriety for its record polluting rivers. The firm faces new criticism after ordering the nation s first hosepipe ban of the summer - while its taps leak 21m gallons a day
At least 17million Britons face hosepipe bans after the first wave of restrictions were imposed by water companies yesterday. But Southern did not mention the wastage of its own pipes