Reservoir levels across the UK have begun to drop, some worryingly.
In the northwest of England, seven million people face a hosepipe ban due to be implemented on August 5.
Is there a drought?
The UK is not officially in a drought right now.
However, it adds that “short-term droughts, such as those experienced in the UK, can also be caused when high pressure systems persist.” It adds that if water levels drop, it is the responsibility of the Met Office, the Environment Agency, and water companies to take action to protect the public.
One part of water companies drought plans is hosepipe or sprinkler bans.
West Cumbria was at 99.1 percent in June last year and is 98.5 percent full on average.
Will water run out if it doesn’t rain?
Water your garden with a watering can rather than a hosepipe.
Only do laundry when you have a full load Get on the phone to your local water company as much as you can – water pipe leakages amount for 22 percent of daily water use across the UK, and companies have the power to fix them.

Dallas County is the latest county to implement a burn ban.
The county said Monday they were instituting a 60-day burn ban due to high drought conditions that have created a higher potential for wildfires.
The burn ban runs from June 24 until Sept. 22.
"Under the 60-day ban, residents are prohibited from open-acre fires and burning trash.
There are exceptions to these rules, one being that you can still burn trash if you live somewhere that does not have waste removal services and if you meet other residency requirements," the county said.
NBCDFW.com reported last week more than half of Texas’ 254 counties were currently under a burn ban due to excessive heat and drought.
Due to the imminent threat of wildfires due to a lack of rainfall, severe drought conditions and excessive triple-digit heat, most North Texas counties are among the 136 Texas counties currently prohibited from open burning.
Those found in violation of burn bans could face a fine.
Any questions or concern, please call the Dallas County Fire Marshal’s Office, we can be reached at 214-653-7970.

A hot summer with a lack of rain has taken its toll on water levels in eastern Ontario, prompting local authorities to urge some well users to conserve water.
Rainfall amounts recorded along the Rideau River’s watershed over the past three months have only been about 60 per cent of normal.
While levels and flows in creeks and the Rideau River are below normal, they’re not yet at critical levels.
A chance of rain is in the forecast for Ottawa every day this week, but will not be enough to have a significant effect on water levels.
"Unfortunately, it’s not widespread rain, so it’s hit-and-miss," explained Jill Taylor, 1310 NEWS meteorologist.
"Some areas will have the precipitation, but other areas will stay quite dry."
The Rideau Valley Conservation Authority says the rain, while welcome, will not have a significant impact.
It’s urging well water users to use water conservatively.
The Mississippi Valley Conservation Authority says it is in minor drought conditions, and is urging households on wells to voluntarily reduce water usage by ten per cent.
Dry conditions have prompted conservation authorities across Ontario to issue similar statements, urging residents in their jurisdictions to stop using water for things like power washing and to start using rain barrels to water plants and lawns.

“Help the people.
Every day, farmers hold their small protest outside Varzaneh.
An estimated 97 percent of the country has faced some level of drought, Iran’s Meteorological Organization said.
The Zayandeh Roud river once watered this region, flowing down from the Zagros Mountains, through the city of Isfahan and through a string of farming towns like Varzaneh and its suburbs, home to 30,000 people, some 340 miles, south of the capital Tehran.
But it dried up years ago.
The fields around Varzaneh are now stretches of desiccated, salt-laced dirt.
Water has also been diverted to other regions.
Habib Ramazani, a 57-year-old who was at the protest with Benvidi, said he and his family used to get by farming wheat, cotton and beetroot.
No official pays attention to our miserable situation,” said Ramazani, a father of five.
The town boasts of sending hundreds of its men to fight in the long Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s — Ramazani was among the volunteers.

A drought has struck hundreds of villages in Central Java, with agencies in the province sending clean water to subdistricts in Sragen, Boyolali, Klaten and Wonogiri regencies.
“Agency data shows there are 28 villages affected by this drought, which is similar to last year.
We have already provided clean drinking water to three villages that are in urgent need,” BPBD Sragen head Sugeng Priyono said on Saturday.
“We’ve sent water tankers to Juwangi, Musuk and Kemusu because they were the most urgent,” said Boyolali BPBD head Bambang Sinungharjo.
The Wonogiri BPBD reported that 38 out of 294 villages in the regency were suffering from drought, with a total of 25 districts prone to drought and 12 other districts susceptible to fire.
“The BPBD is ready for the effects of the dry season.
Our priorities are providing clean drinking water and irrigation water, as well as tackling house, plantation and forest fires,” said Wonogiri BPBD head Bambang Haryanto.
The dry season in Wonogiri began in April and is predicted to last until September.
Thousands of villages in the province suffered from a water shortage in 2017.
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Humanity is devouring our planet’s resources in increasingly destructive volumes, according to a new study that reveals we have consumed a year’s worth of carbon, food, water, fibre, land and timber in a record 212 days.
As a result, the Earth Overshoot Day – which marks the point at which consumption exceeds the capacity of nature to regenerate – has moved forward two days to 1 August, the earliest date ever recorded.
Earth Overshoot Day falls on 1 August this year – marking the point at which consumption exceeds the capacity of nature to regenerate Earth’s resources consumed Unsustainable consumption
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Since then, the day at which humanity has busted its annual planetary budget has moved forward.
Ten years ago, 15 August.
There was a brief slowdown, but the pace has picked back up in the past two years.
On current trends, next year could mark the first time, the planet’s budget is busted in July.
“Our current economies are running a Ponzi scheme with our planet,” he said.
It notes, for example, that replacing 50% of meat consumption with a vegetarian diet would push back the overshoot date by five days.

Share Patna, Jul 22 (UNI) Apprehending drought in Bihar in this monsoon season as the state received only 48 per cent of normal rainfall so far, a number of decisions have been taken in a high level review meeting chaired by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to provide relief to farmers.
During the meeting he directed officials concerned to give top prioritise relief to farmers who were facing lot of difficulties due to scanty rainfall in the state.
A number of decisions to insulate farmers from the shock of droughts had also been taken in the meeting which would go a long way in mitigating their sufferings.
Decisions taken in the meeting included revision of diesel subsidy and providing power for longer duration in rural areas for agrarian works.
State chief secretary Deepak Kumar and principal secretary of disaster management department Pratyay Amrit told media persons after the meeting that a number of preventive measures had been taken and guidelines were issued to officials to provide relief to farmers who could face difficulties in drought which appeared to be strong possibility following scanty rainfall in Bihar so far in this monsoon season.

Garfield County is largely in moderate drought, the second drought condition, according to the United States Drought Monitor of Oklahoma released Thursday.
The remaining eastern portion of the county is abnormally dry, the first category.
Alfalfa, Grant and Kingfisher counties also largely are in moderate drought with some abnormally dry portions, according to the report.
Blaine, Major and Woodward counties are mostly in severe drought, the third drought category, with some moderate drought portions.
Woods County has the most variety, ranging from no drought, to abnormally dry, to moderate, to severe drought, according to the report.
Drought conditions have been steadily improving this year, dating back to October of last year when most of Northwest Oklahoma saw little to no precipitation for months.
The Breckinridge Mesonet weather-recording station has seen a total of 16.55 inches of rain this year.
In 2017, the station saw 32.28 inches of rain.
In the last month, Lahoma’s station had 5.09 inches of rain, Fairview’s had 7.73 inches, Seiling’s seen 6.19 inches, Kingfisher’s had 5.52 inches, Medford got drenched with the most at 7.86 inches and Cherokee had 6.13 inches.
So far the Boise City station in Cimarron County has had the least amount of recorded rain in the state this year with 4.79 inches.

Over the last several weeks, the drought in Randolph County has become exponentially worse.
According to Randolph County Soil and Water Conservation District Technician John Kirchhoff, who is also a farmer and livestock producer, the drought has been exceptionally hard.
“Here over the past week or so the pastures have turned brown,” Kirchhoff said.
“Even though we’ve had some good rains here… that isn’t going to bring back the hay yield that we lost,” Kirchhoff said.
In response to the issues that farmers and livestock producers are facing in the region, the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service has enacted an emergency cover crop program to assist those who have been affected by the drought.
Farmers and livestock producers can apply for the cover crop assistance at local NRCS offices until Aug. 31.
Rahm alluded back to the 2012 drought and how adverse the impact was for Missouri farmers.
He said the NCRS and other similar agencies want to help out farmers and livestock producers as much as possible.
“We know that a lot of the livestock producers were really having a tough time coming up with enough feed for their animals,” Rahm.
“This year, we wanted to do what we can to provide the most immediate assistance.” The NCRS emergency initiative comes on the heels of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency enacting emergency haying and grazing in Randolph County.

Drought conditions continue in Mid-Michigan.
Moderate Drought is the first stage of official drought.
This stage of drought means: Some damage to crops and pastures is likely or occurring.
Streams, reservoirs, or wells may begin to show low levels We continue seeing some damage to crops in Mid-Michigan with multiple farms reporting losses in everything from sugar beets, to corn and wheat.
Christmas trees and apple trees are also seeing losses.
With dry conditions fire danger also remains a risk with high potential for fires to spread if brush is ignited.
Multiple burn bans are in effect and the current fire danger rating from the Michigan DNR shows our region highlighted in the High to Extreme mark.
We have shower chances this weekend, but not everyone will see the heavy rain.
We need some good steady soakers in-order to rebound from the dry point we are at.
Stay with the NBC25/FOX66 StormReady weather team for updates on the forecast.