Starting August 24, due to the current drought in London, a number of measures will be applied to limit water consumption, AFP and The Guardian reported, Agerpres reports.

Around 15 million people in London and the Oxford region in the west will no longer be able to water their gardens, fill their swimming pools, even small ones, or wash their cars, windows or terraces with a garden hose, Thames Water has announced. on Wednesday.

Such measures to limit water consumption in London are being used for the first time in the last 10 years.

Other water companies have already announced similar bans, mainly in the south of the UK and also in Yorkshire (the north east). The first such measures began to be applied on August 5.

In total, these measures will affect almost 30 million Britons.

Thames Water explained that following the driest July on record, water levels in the river network and reservoirs are significantly lower than normal.

There was no heat in London and Great Britain

On August 12, a drought was declared in a large part of England, especially in London.

Britain was hit by an unprecedented heat wave in the British Isles in July, with extreme temperatures returning in August.

On July 19, 40 degrees was recorded in Great Britain for the first time since weather records have been kept.

“In Europe and other parts of the world, we are seeing more and more record-breaking heat waves, leading to extreme temperatures that are rising faster than most climate models predict,” said Friederike Otto, a researcher at Imperial College London.