{"id":684583,"date":"2026-07-10T17:20:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T17:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/684583\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T17:20:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T17:20:09","slug":"affinity-water-hosepipe-ban-after-demand-rises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/684583\/","title":{"rendered":"Affinity Water hosepipe ban after demand rises"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The company said groundwater levels had been falling following a dry, warm spring, despite heavy rainfall during autumn and winter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Affinity Water said it would contact customers seen using hosepipes to remind them of the restrictions. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">People who fail to comply, which is a criminal offence under the Water Industry Act 1991, could be fined up to \u00a31,000 in the magistrates&#8217; courts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The firm said it would be investing in new pipelines to reduce bursts and keep more water in the ground.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A spokesperson said: &#8220;By not using your hosepipe, you&#8217;re helping protect the environment and support people with urgent water needs in your community.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Do you have a story suggestion for Beds, Herts or Bucks? Contact us below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The company said groundwater levels had been falling following a dry, warm spring, despite heavy rainfall during autumn&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":684584,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-684583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/684583","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=684583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/684583\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/684584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=684583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=684583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=684583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}