Environment Agency monitoring showed England's reservoir storage at 58% at the end of August, around 19.3% below the long-term average for the time of year. River flows and groundwater levels had also declined, despite some late-month rainfall.
GOV.UK / Environment AgencySource published
Why this matters
Prepared Base view: Water resilience is easy to overlook because the tap normally works. Extended dry conditions show why every household should have at least a basic buffer and a plan for temporary supply restrictions or outages.
What you can do
Store a sensible quantity of drinking water, rotate it, know your water supplier's outage information and consider how you would handle basic cooking and hygiene if the mains supply stopped temporarily.
