Wessex Water has a hosepipe ban in force, per Environment Agency (11 October 2026, read 11 October 2026).
Source: Environment Agency — dated 11 October 2026, read 11 October 2026
What Wessex Water has restricted
Wessex Water – whole company area
- watering a garden
- cleaning a private motor vehicle
- watering plants on domestic or other non-commercial premises
- filling or maintaining a domestic swimming pool or paddling pool
- drawing water for domestic recreational use
- filling or maintaining an ornamental fountain
- cleaning walls or windows of domestic premises
- cleaning paths or patios
- cleaning other artificial outdoor surfaces
Source: Environment Agency — dated 11 October 2026, read 11 October 2026
Who is exempt
Customers with a valid exemption are not affected by the ban.
Source: Wessex Water — dated 11 October 2026, read 11 October 2026
Wessex Water's own announcement
Not read: the company's site refuses automated readers, so it is not asked. Nothing on this page is taken from it, and a page we do not read is never taken to mean there is no hosepipe ban. The company’s page: Wessex Water.