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The pumping station shows the low water levels at Grimwith Reservoir near Grassington.  Picture Tony Johnson

How to save and use less water after drought declared in Yorkshire News

Dry cracked earth at Baitings Reservoir in Ripponden, West Yorkshire, where water levels are significantly low. The total stock of water in England's reservoirs at the end of July was 65 percent of its normal capacity - the lowest level for that point in the calendar year since 1995, the Environment Agency has said. Picture date: Friday August 12, 2022.

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