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:

 

November

  Rainfall Reservoir Rivers Demand
Status 143.8% 84.7% All of our rivers are above critical levels 1304Ml/day
Notes % Rainfall (provisional) this month across the Yorkshire region compared to long term average Current regional reservoir stocks Key river levels across our region Regional demand in megalitres a day
Rainfall average
Month Provisional rainfall Actual rainfall
November 144% TBC
October 95% 98%
September 163% 177%
August 30% 28%
July 102% 101%
June 84% 56%
May 17% 65%
April 16% 19%
March 40% 43%
February 52% 53%
January 121% 103%
December 98% 120%
Reservoir levels
Month 2023 2024 2025
January 93% 98% 98%
February 91% 98% 97%
March 97% 98% 88%
April 97% 92% 76%
May 88% 94% 63%
June 76% 88% 56%
July 78% 68% 47%
August 83% 68% 36%
September 80% 83% 46%
October 97% 83% 57%
November 96% 83% 85%
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 1347.5
April 1298.9 1294.4 1325
May 1326.4 1310.3 1376.4
June 1356 1294.8 1380.4
July 1285.5 1338.8 1290.1
August 1268.9 1311.3 1288.5
September 1265.3 1289.6 1284
October 1263.2 1304.8 1285
November 1290.1 1290.7 1304
December 1323.0 1299.4