protect water supplies<\/a> for next year and beyond.”\n<\/p>\n\n The company said environmental effects could continue after dry weather has ended.\n<\/p>\n
\n Mr Ingram said: “The environmental impacts of drought don’t disappear overnight.”\n<\/p>\n
\n He said: “While many people will have seen the effects of the dry weather over the summer, the impact on wildlife, rivers and ecosystems can continue for years.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Customers have been asked to reduce water use where possible. Suggested measures include taking shorter showers, repairing dripping taps and using only the water needed.\n<\/p>\n
\n The company also recommends running full loads in washing machines and dishwashers, using eco modes, and turning off taps while brushing teeth.\n<\/p>\n
\n People are advised to collect and reuse water for plants and gardens.\n<\/p>\n
\n Essex and Suffolk Water said it had increased work to repair leaks, fixing 5,749 so far this year.\n<\/p>\n
\n A spokesman said the repairs form part of a wider strategy to reduce water loss and protect supplies in the long term.\n<\/p>\n
\n Mr Ingram said: “Small actions, such as taking shorter showers, fixing dripping taps and only using the water you need, can make a real difference.”\n<\/p>\n
\n The company said every reduction in demand could help supplies recover, while rainfall alone had not ended the drought.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Essex & Suffolk Water put a Temporary Use Ban in place on August 3, asking customers to limit…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":789055,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-789054","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\/789054","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=789054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/789054\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/789055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=789054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=789054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=789054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}