A wet June saw an end to a record breaking three-month dry period, but it’s still in our interests to save water as much as we can.
Sutton and East Surrey Water recorded 90.5mm (3.56 inches) of rainfall in June, a dramatic increase on long-term averages of 49.7mm (1.96 inches).
Over the last three months only 30.5mm (1.18 inches) fell in total making it the driest spring in over 100 years.
However, despite this much welcomed rain (sorry, sun worshippers) Sutton and East Surrey Water are still urging caution. Water resources are described as "adequate to meet normal demand levels over coming months" but careful use is advised.
Mike Hegarty, operations director for Sutton and East Surrey Water, said: "Although the recent June rainfall will have helped to reduce demand – when it rains, people don’t water their gardens – it doesn’t generally help restore our underground water resources.
"Summer rainfall tends to evaporate or merely soak into dry upper level soils where it is taken up by growing plants."
If a hot, dry summer returns and your garden gets a little parched, instead of using a garden sprinkler (which can use as much water in an hour as a family of four uses in a day) why not invest in some Ripple water buckets for collecting waste water which can then be used in the garden.
And indoors take shorter showers... with a friend. Shower sharing - it’s the new car pooling.
[Image: David Thibalt]
