Yorkshire Water says that customers careful efforts to save water have done more than Storm Floris to protect water levels this week.
The provide says domestic water usage across the county has fallen by 10% since temporary hosepipe restrictions came into effect on 11 July.
Reservoir stocks have dropped by 2.7% over the past week due to rivers being low which means the company has not been able to abstract as much water from them as they normally would so they have had to rely on water from reservoirs to compensate. River levels have now improved so river abstractions are increasing in accordance with permits.
Although Yorkshire did see some rainfall later on in the week, February through to July has been exceptionally warm and dry so sustained rainfall is needed to make its way into reservoirs and recharge them. The ground is very dry at the moment so it is taking longer than normal for rainfall to saturate reservoir catchments.
Dave Kaye, director of water at Yorkshire Water, said:
“Gardens were grateful for the rainfall over the last couple of days, despite the intermittent downpours as Storm Floris passed over the region, reservoir levels fell by 2.7% over the last seven days. Total stocks dropped to 44.7%, well below the average of 75.9% for this time of year, as we continue to distribute over 1.2 billion litres of water every day.
“Customers are the real powerhouse here and we’d like to thank those who put away their hosepipes to help save water where they can in what has been an extremely dry 2025. Since restrictions were put in place, we've seen a 10% reduction in domestic water use which is really helping to reduce the strain on our reservoirs.
“We are doing our bit as our teams continue to work around the clock to find and fix leaks as quickly as they can. We’d like to thank our customers for their vigilance in spotting and reporting leaks when they see them.”
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