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Hosepipe ban looms - as England suffers driest start to spring since 1950s
England could face drought conditions this summer after the driest start to spring in almost 70 years, the Environment Agency has said.
Reservoirs in the country are dropping, and farmers are struggling to grow crops after the sunniest April on record, preceded by less than half the average rainfall in March. A "medium" risk of summer drought has been declared, and while there are currently no hosepipe bans planned, this is one of the agency's possible courses of action.
After a meeting on Wednesday of the government's National Drought Group - which includes the Met Office, government, regulators, water companies, farmers and conservation experts - the environmental regulator urged firms to do more to safeguard supplies. "If the prolonged dry weather continues, water companies may need to implement their dry weather plans in the weeks and months ahead.
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