The time to share that with mcintosh speaking to us. let s get more now on the hosepipe ban which comes into force later on the isle of wight and in parts of hampshire. the restrictions are due to last three weeks. our reporter celestina olulode is in hampshire for us this morning. remind us how this will affect people. this reservoir here will be used to provide people in the local area of hampshire with water if water level at the nearby river deplete any further. this reservoir has the capacity to hold up to 270 million litres of water. strictly speaking, we are not in a drought at the moment but that has not stopped some
Headlines are coming up at the top of the hour. hello there. we ve got the hosepipe ban coming into force today across hampshire and the isle of wight. and this was the scene in hampshire earlier on today. blue skies, baking sunshine and very dry ground as well. this is what s to come in the next five days. this is the rainfall accumulation. and there s nothing no rain, really, across many southern parts of the uk. we do have some blues there, some rain further north, mainly in the northwest of scotland, it has to be said. and that s because here pressure is going to be lower. we re going to find some weather fronts pushing in from the atlantic from time to time, many other parts of the uk it s high pressure that s going to dominate. not only will that keep it dry, it ll lift the temperatures into next week as well.
I have heard southern water say they re reinvesting in infrastructure and that sort of thing, but they ve been saying that for years. southern water says it s investing £2 billion in its water network, but last year, the company was fined £90 million for illegal sewage discharges, after a judge said they showed a shocking and wholesale disregard for the environment. since then, there s been a lack of trust in the company by many local people. i think when hosepipe bans are announced, people want to do their bit for the environment and they want to help. but there s the issue in our community that people have seen years, if not decades, of the water company not doing their bit. so at a time when bills are high and people are already wondering where their money is going, being asked additionally to stop using their hosepipes is going to be raising eyebrows for a lot of people on the south coast. from today, households in much of hampshire and the isle of wight will be affected by the h
These bans, good morning. good morning- we these bans, good morning. good morning. we are these bans, good morning. good morning. we are just these bans, good morning. (emf. morning. we are just outside southampton at the moment, a very important reservoir in this neck of the woods. it is fed by the river test, which is running very low at the moment and some of this will go back into the river to keep those levels that bit higher and that will have a devastating impact on wildlife, part of the reason this area is being impacted by those hosepipe bans but let s talk about the sheer lack of rainfall, which has had a big part to play. across parts of england and wales it has been the driestjuly in around a century. in southern england it has been the driest on record and it goes way beyond just this past month because it has been a very dry year so far and across some parts of the country we are talking about the driest start to the year, up until now, since 1976. here in hampshire