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Search the Public Notice PortalWessex Water has applied for a drought order due to an exceptional shortage of rainfall.
The company says it is facing a threat of a serious water supply shortage across its service area.
If approved, the order will allow restrictions on non-essential water use by non-household customers.
This includes watering outdoor plants on commercial properties using a hosepipe, cleaning non-domestic premises using a hosepipe, and filling or maintaining a non-domestic swimming or paddling pool, and filling or maintaining a non-domestic pond using a hosepipe.
The use of mechanical vehicle washers, hosepipes for cleaning any vehicle, boat, aircraft, and railway rolling stock, and for suppressing dust using a hosepipe will also be restricted.
The order will also impact the operation of cisterns in unoccupied, closed buildings.
The full public notice detailing the order is available to view at publicnoticeportal.uk/notice/statutory/6af45527b75dc8b7bcf73518?.
These measures would come on top of the Temporary Use Ban already affecting domestic customers since Tuesday, August 18.
The proposed drought order is in accordance with the Drought Direction 2011.
If approved, the restrictions will affect the entire Wessex Water supply area, including Somerset.
The water company has applied to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs under Section 73 of the Water Resources Act 1991.
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