Two Surrey water companies are restricting water use
Water use is restricted in certain areas(Image: Yui Mok/PA Wire)
Hosepipe bans across two water companies will mean that hundreds of thousands of houses now face restrictions on their water use.
Affinity Water and South East Water have both issued temporary limits on the use of hosepipe and sprinklers across the areas they serve, impacting Surrey and other counties.
Both companies have partly blamed the record breaking weather and lack of rain for the bans, stressing a need to protect local water supplies.
The Affinity Water ban went into effect at 00:01am on Friday, July 17. Households in affected areas must not use a hosepipe for activities including: watering gardens, washing cars, cleaning windows or filling paddling pools.
The affected postcodes are:
GU1, GU2, GU3, GU4, GU5, GU15, GU16, GU18, GU19, GU20, GU21, GU22, GU23, GU24, GU25, KT8, KT10, KT11, KT12, KT13, KT14, KT15, KT16, KT24, RG12, RG42, RG45, TW4, TW5, TW6, TW13, TW14, TW15, TW16, TW17, TW18, TW19, TW20
Restrictions on homes under South East Water will come into place from 00.01 on Saturday, July 25, however, residents have been asked to obey restrictions before then.
All 2.4 million customers of South East Water have been affected by the ban. You can find who your water provider is here
A list of the affected postcodes includes:
GU3, GU8, GU9, GU10, GU11, GU12, GU14, GU15, GU16, GU17, GU27, GU30, GU35,
The long running hot weather is also impacting other water companies. Thames Water, which serves a large section of the county has been asking customers not to use hosepipes or sprinklers using heatwaves.