Yorkshire Water Urges Customers to Cut Use During New Heatwave

Overview

• Yorkshire Water issued a public appeal on Friday for customers to reduce discretionary water use as temperatures approach 30°C during the current heatwave.
• The company says reservoir storage has risen to 75.7%, up from 53.8% at this point in 2025, and that a wetter start to 2026 has strengthened short‑term supply buffers.
• Yorkshire Water cites over 200km of mains replaced and 250,000 smart meters installed in the past year as key actions that help find leaks and improve network resilience.
• New research from the Let’s Save Water campaign finds only 15% of local adults can accurately estimate their daily water use, with the average person using about 126 litres but believing they use roughly 30 litres.
• Met Office and conservation experts warn that climate change is driving more extreme rainfall patterns that reduce usable water and that sustained high demand could still force restrictions if supplies or behaviour change fail to hold.