The company, whose boss chief executive Nicola Shaw is under fire over payments of £1.3 million she received from the firm's parent company, said that since hosepipe restrictions were implemented on July 11, domestic water usage has decreased by ten per cent.
That's the equivalent to 35 million litres per day in cooler temperatures and 70-80 million on hotter days experienced during a heatwave.
Average water demand over the last seven days in Yorkshire has been almost 1.3 billion litres per day, which has resulted in a drop in reservoir stocks to 42.2 per cent - well below the average of 74.8 per cent at this time of year.
In previous heatwaves prior to the hosepipe restrictions, demand increased to almost 1.5 billion litres per day.
Yorkshire Water is also continuing it’s work to repair more leaks – completing more than 800 repairs per week – as well as increasing the speed of water mains replacement as part of the £406 million investment programme to lay new mains over the next five years to reduce leaks and bursts.
Dave Kaye, director of water at Yorkshire Water, said: “We’ve seen a fantastic response from our customers since introducing the hosepipe restrictions – from them putting the hosepipes away and fixing leaky loos, to installing water butt
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