Newly-retired Yorkshire weatherman Jon Mitchell says 'we're desperately short of water now'
“They will eventually fill up again but it will take the whole of autumn and the whole of winter probably before that happens.”
Jon added that while we will get some respite in the shape of rain next week, that we must be conservative when using water as he has witnessed many reservoirs getting very low indeed.Jon remembers the drought of 1976 and the prolonged dry spell which led to some parts of the UK going without water for 45 days.has announced a hosepipe ban for five million customers which comes into effect in a fortnight.
He said: “The hose pipe ban is absolutely necessary, I have been using a hose pipe to water the garden but now I won't. “And before that does happen we need to take very very great care of the water that we do have left.”
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