{"id":206150,"date":"2025-10-17T08:38:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T08:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/206150\/"},"modified":"2025-10-17T08:38:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T08:38:12","slug":"thames-water-hosepipe-ban-extended-in-oxfordshire-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/206150\/","title":{"rendered":"Thames Water hosepipe ban extended in Oxfordshire again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The water company announced this morning, October 16, that the hosepipe ban which has been in place since July in Oxfordshire and now affects 1.1m customers, would continue.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Despite recent rainfall, the company said, water resources need time to recover after what the Met Office recently classified &#8220;the hottest summer on record&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordmail.co.uk\/news\/25547184.xl-bully-owner-sentenced-fatal-dog-attack-near-banbury\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">XL Bully owner sentenced after fatal dog attack near Banbury<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Nevil Muncaster, strategic water resources director at Thames Water, said: \u201cThis summer was \u2018the hottest on record\u2019 and in our region alone, we had less than half the rainfall we would have expected over the last few months, meaning rivers and groundwater levels in the west of our region are still under significant pressure.\u00a0 \u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Most rainfall we have had has been soaked up by the excessively dry ground and hasn\u2019t had a notable impact to the groundwater levels which feed the River Thames.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Help support trusted local news\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Sign up for a digital subscription now:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordmail.co.uk\/subscribe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/www.oxfordmail.co.uk\/subscribe\/<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  As a digital subscriber you will get:\u00a0\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\n<\/p>\n<p>Unlimited access to the\u00a0Oxford\u00a0Mail website\u00a0\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002<\/p>\n<p>  Advert-light access\u00a0\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002<\/p>\n<p>  Reader rewards\u00a0\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002<\/p>\n<p>  Full access to our app<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;To restore reservoir levels to normal, we need at least 70 per cent of our average rainfall between now and spring.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Our water resources will take time to recover. Consequently, current hosepipe restrictions will remain in place.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;We\u2019d like to thank our customers for their continued support, saving more than five million litres of water each day since the hosepipe ban began.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordmail.co.uk\/news\/25547687.abingdon-driver-twice-legal-limit-arrested-charged\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Abingdon driver &#8216;twice the legal limit&#8217; arrested and charged<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;We encourage everyone to keep using water wisely to protect our local rivers, reservoirs, and wildlife.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;We&#8217;ll keep customers and stakeholders updated as we move through the autumn and winter months.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Customers are asked to take shorter showers, turn off taps, fix leaks, reduce washes and collect rainwater in a water butt to help reduce usage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The water company announced this morning, October 16, that the hosepipe ban which has been in place since&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":206151,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-206150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206150\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/206151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}