Water situation report

The water situation (or Watsit) report is a report we produce to oversee our water resources. It includes a summary of all the major sources of the water we draw on to make sure your taps stay full of water 24 hours a day.

Frothly Surface

Data such as daily rainfall, regional reservoir stocks, river levels and demand is monitored and you can see our current position against historical and seasonal trends and fluctuations.

The majority of the figures are produced either as a % of total capacity (in the case of reservoir stocks) or as Ml/d which is megalitres per day. 1 megalitre is equivalent to 1 million litres.

Here's a summary of the Watsit report data:

 

February 

  Rainfall Reservoir Rivers Demand
Status 51.5% 97% All of our rivers are below critical levels 1364.6Ml/day
Notes % Rainfall (provisional) this month across the Yorkshire region compared to long term average Reservoir stocks this week vs last week Key river levels across our region Regional demand in megalitres a day
Rainfall average
Month Provisional rainfall Actual rainfall
February 52% TBC
January 121% 103%
December 98% 120%
November 60% 57%
October 86% 86%
September 128% 167%
August 48% 39%
July 103% 108%
June 88% 67%
May 114% 148%
April 141% 165%
March 125% 133%
Reservoir levels
Month 2023 2024 2025
January 93% 98% 98%
February 91% 98% 97%
March 97% 98%  
April 97% 92%  
May 88% 94%  
June 76% 88%  
July 78% 68%  
August 83% 68%  
September 80% 83%  
October 97% 83%  
November 96% 83%  
December 97% 92%  
Monthly demand (MI/day)
Month 2023 2024 2025
January 1351.6 1396.8 1429.6
February 1320.1 1319.5 1364.6
March 1302.7 1323.7  
April 1298.9 1294.4  
May 1326.4 1310.3  
June 1356 1294.8  
July 1285.5 1338.8  
August 1268.9 1311.3  
September 1265.3 1289.6  
October 1263.2 1304.8  
November 1290.1 1290.7  
December 1323.0 1299.4