STATUTORY NOTICE FORTEMPORARY USE BAN

STATUTORY NOTICE FORTEMPORARY USE BAN

To support the Temporary Use Ban (hosepipe ban) imposed by South East Water, Last Mile Water also gives notice that, pursuant to sections 76 and 76A-C of the Water Industry Act 1991, from 00:01 on 3 July 2026, the use of potable water (water treated to drinkable standards) supplied by Last Mile Water is prohibited throughout the sites it supplies within the Kent area.

This Temporary Use Ban will continue until further notification.

Customers who may find it hard to make adaptations and are registered with Last Mile Water’s Priority Service Register will be granted an automatic exemption to any of the restrictions and will receive notification of this directly. If you believe you should be on the Priority Services Register please go tolmwater.co.uk/household/my-account/priority-services/ Full activities exempt from the restrictions can be found on our website: lmwater.co.uk/news/households/tub-kent/

Those subject to the Temporary Use Ban will be domestic customers of Last Mile Water. Activities covered by the Temporary Use Ban include the following:

• Watering a garden using a hosepipe

• Cleaning a private motor-vehicle (or a trailer for such a vehicle) using a hosepipe

• Watering plants on domestic or other non-commercial premises using a hosepipe

• Cleaning a private leisure boat using a hosepipe

• Filling or maintaining a domestic swimming or paddling pool

• Drawing water, using a hosepipe, for domestic recreational use

• Filling or maintaining a domestic pond (manmade or natural) using a hosepipe

• Filling or maintaining an ornamental fountain (including a cascade or any other display of moving water, and includes filling by permanent plumbing)

• Cleaning walls, or windows, of domestic premises using a hosepipe

• Cleaning paths or patios using a hosepipe

• Cleaning other artificial outdoor surfaces using a hosepipe

Affected sites

• Conningbrook Lakes

• Linden Meadows

• Dickens Gate

• Ospringe Site B

• Kings Oak Park, Headcorn

• Preston Fields

• Pearson Heights

• Barden Croft

• Woodland Place (Castor Park)

• Blean Common

• The Heathers