Islanders asked to cut water use after hot weather

The utility company made the request alongside a time-lapse video highlighting the diminishing water supplies

Guernsey Water has asked the public to make voluntary cuts to their water use after the Island experienced its warmest June in 180 years.

The utility company made the request alongside a time-lapse video highlighting the diminishing water supplies in a reservoir on the island.

Guernsey Water said its storage levels were "under pressure" due to high water usage and "hardly any rainfall".

It said it expected to have less in its water tanks at this time of the year but was about "200 million litres off where we normally are".

'Every drop counts'

Guernsey Water said: "We rounded off the month with our highest water use the year yet - hitting 15.4 million litres as the mercury touched 30.4C (87F) – three million more than average.

"We've barely even started the traditional summer months and this sort of usage coupled with hardly any rainfall means our storage levels are under pressure.

"Most of the years rain fell in January, when we were at 100% storage so couldn't capture any more."

The company said "tiny tweaks" like not washing cars, letting rain water the grass and capturing shower warm-up water to use on plants would help cut the weekly deficit and protect supplies.

It added: "Last week we collected 58 million litres, last week we used 91 million litres, that's a shortfall of 33 million litres.

"Remember, every drop counts, every action adds up, if we each save a little, we all save a lot."