Six dry months and counting: farm reservoirs can start filling a month early, but only until 31 October
September brought England 65% of its normal rain, the sixth dry month this year, and the country's reservoirs are at 55% when they should be near three-quarters. The useful bit for a farm with an irrigation reservoir: from 1 October the Environment Agency lets you start filling it a month ahead of a winter licence. There are conditions, there is an email to send first, and two groups of catchments are left out.
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