No hosepipe ban for Guernsey but water use warning issued
Recent hot weather led to Southern Water, Yorkshire Water, South East Water and Thames Water to impose hosepipe bans to some of their customers.Guernsey Water said the situation in the island was not as urgent as the areas where hosepipe bans had been put in place.A spokesperson for the company said: "Right now, if the current trends continue, we will not face a hosepipe ban this summer."This doesn't mean you should all go and pressure wash your driveways, leave the sprinkler running or choose Bohemian Rhapsody as your shower song - but it does mean that at this stage voluntary cuts is all we will continue to ask for."
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