A hosepipe ban in North Yorkshire remains in place despite recent rainfall and will only be lifted as soon as reservoirs have sufficiently recovered, water bosses confirmed.
Reservoir levels have risen again, but remain much lower than usual, Yorkshire Water has confirmed.
Rainfall across the region has seen reservoir levels rise for the seventh consecutive week, with stocks now at 57.1 per cent. But the average for this time of year is 74.2 per cent.
Dave Kaye, director of water services at Yorkshire Water, said: "Our reservoirs, groundwater sources, and rivers, are in recovery following the extremely dry weather we experienced in the spring and summer.
"However, stocks are still much lower than they should be for this time of year, and we need significant increases over the autumn and winter so that we are in a strong position heading into spring 2026."
To enable reservoirs to recover as much as possible over the next few months, Yorkshire Water has hired an additional 10 task teams to focus on finding and fixing leaks across the region.
Mr Kaye said: "We’ve repaired over 11,000 leaks since the beginning of April this year, and we’ve been repairing those leaks an average of 36 per cent faster than usual – leakage has reduced by 34 million litres per day since the start of April.
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"We’re also progressing with our £406m mains replacement scheme at pace.
"We've replaced 100km of water mains across the region so far, focusing on those that were more likely to burst or leak."
With more wet weather predicted, Yorkshire Water is encouraging customers to support reservoir recovery efforts by continuing to conserve water resources where they can, using water butts to capture rainwater, and checking their homes for leaks.
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