19 May 2006
One of the UK's biggest water companies has decided it will not impose a drought order on its customers for the time being.
Thames Water, which provides water to 3.7 million homes in the south-east, has been encouraged to impose further restrictions on its customers by the Environment Agency.
It said that increasing reservoir storage and falling usage made further restrictions unnecessary at the current time, although it added it would continue to review the situation.
Jeremy Pelczer, chief executive of Thames Water, said: "Our current projections indicate that the situation remains serious, but does not yet justify an application for a drought order.
"The situation remains finely balanced, and we will continue to review it weekly. There remains a distinct possibility that we will need to apply for a drought order in the coming weeks."
Fears have been raised that standpipes may have to be introduced this summer after a lack of rain has put pressure on supplies.
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