WATER WASTE WON’T WASH

Hose ban ‘on way’

- ALISTAIR GRANT

BAN baths and leave your clothes dirty until the washing machine is full, water bosses are pleading.

With a 35C “sweatfest” heatwave due in days and reservoir levels plunging, households are being urged to save water.

We should bathe less often and put off the laundry, they say.

If we don’t, the UK will face hosepipe bans this summer, industry insiders warn.