A Hessle resident said low pressure was ‘making showering impossible’ – the company is set to carry out tests in the area
Yorkshire Water says it has lowered water pressure in some areas as part of its strategy to conserve supplies. It comes after issues were raised by a number of people in the Hessle area.
One resident of Station Road contacted Hull Live to say they had experienced low water pressure since around two weeks ago which was “making showering impossible”. He said: “We thought it was a fault at our end. We talked to the neighbours and theirs was also”.
The resident also claimed their taps were “running at a quarter of the usual pressure”. They pointed out that a number of people in Hessle had complained of similar problems on social media.
Hull Live contacted Yorkshire Water about the reported issues and the utility company confirmed it had lowered water pressure in some areas as part of ongoing efforts to conserve supplies. The region has been subject to a household hosepipe ban since July after months of low rainfall.
However, the firm added it has now “made a small increase” in the pressure and will be visiting properties in the affected area to carry out tests very soon.
A Yorkshire Water spokesperson said: “As part of our ongoing water resource management programme, we are working hard to balance and maintain supplies across the region. Part of this strategy does include lowering the pressure in the network in some areas – this helps to conserve more water via household usage and reduces the likelihood of bursts and leaks.
“Customers should still be able to use the water that they need, as we always aim to maintain water pressures above the minimum standards. We have appointments with some customers in the area next week to discuss their issues and perform pressure tests at their properties.
“In the meantime, we have made a small increase in the pressure in the hopes of returning normal supply. We’d like to apologise to the customers for the inconvenience.”
Earlier this week, Yorkshire Water said reservoir levels in the region had risen for the seventh consecutive week but remain “well below average” for the time of year. The household usage restrictions are set to stay in place until “reservoirs have sufficiently recovered”.
On Thursday, the company said stocks at the region’s reservoirs were at 57.1 per cent with the average for this point in the year being 74.2 per cent. Dave Kaye, director of water services at Yorkshire Water, said: “Our reservoirs, groundwater sources, and rivers, are in recovery following the extremely dry weather we experienced in the spring and summer.
“However, stocks are still much lower than they should be for this time of year, and we need significant increases over the autumn and winter so that we are in a strong position heading into spring 2026.
“This means making use of the drought permits and orders we have been issued around the region to make use of more river and groundwater, helping us to hold water in the reservoir and allowing them to top up via the rainfall we’ve seen so far in autumn.”