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Storm Amy boosts reservoir levels - but hosepipe ban remains

Wednesday, 8 October 2025 08:16

Embsay Reservoir (Image: Google Maps)

Rainfall from Storm Amy, which hit parts of Yorkshire over the weekend, resulted in a further boost to the region’s reservoir levels – meaning they have now increased for four weeks in a row.

Reservoir stocks increased to 52.9%, up from 46.2% the previous week. The last time reservoir stocks were over 50% was early July.

However, reservoirs remain well below the 70.7% average for this time of year.

Yorkshire Water has said that the hosepipe restrictions remains in place and will be lifted as soon as reservoirs have sufficiently recovered.

Dave Kaye, director of water services at Yorkshire Water, said:

“Over the last four weeks, we’ve had some periods of very heavy rainfall and a named storm, and thankfully, these have provided some much-needed relief for our reservoirs, as well as groundwater sources and the region’s rivers.

“The drought permits we have in place around the region are also keeping more water in the reservoirs and allowing increased abstraction, both of which will help reservoirs stocks to recharge in the coming weeks and months.

“That being said, stocks are still well below where they should be at this time of year, and we’re expecting another period of dry weather over the next week to 10 days.

“There is still a long way to go in terms of recovering from the driest spring and warmest summer on record. We’re hopeful that the recovery will continue through autumn and winter so that we are in a strong position as we approach spring and summer 2026.”

Dave continued:

“To allow our reservoirs to recover as much as possible, we’re continuing our efforts to tackle more than 800 leaks per week so that we can keep more water in the network.

“Once again we’d like to thank customers for their efforts to adhere to the restrictions, and for taking further steps to conserve water resources where they can.”

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