Severn Trent has asked Shropshire residents to 'put the sprinklers and hose pipes away for a few days' to save water as the country faces a potentially record-breaking heatwave.
A water company supplying Shropshire has asked its customers to "put the sprinklers and hose pipes away for a few days" as temperatures soar.The top of Llyn Celyn reservioir in Bala which feeds the river Dee. Water is usuallly up to thr tree and grass line
"Please put the sprinklers and hose pipes away for a few days so we can keep the water flowing for all," they texted."Thanks, Severn Trent." A spokesman said:"The current heatwave combined with a very dry spring means that reservoir levels are lower than we would like them to be at this time of year.
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