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As temperatures rise, a water company serving Dover and Folkestone is urging its customers to make summer water saving a top priority.

Veolia Water is reminding customers that a ban on the use of hosepipes in the south east of England will come into force on Thursday 5 April.

A series of trial holes will be made in Station Road New Romney in early to mid April as part of preparatory work for the construction of a new strategic water main.

Local utilities company, Veolia Water have announced they are banning the use of hosepipes together with a raft of other restrictions in April.

A route for a new 9km strategic water main across Romney Marsh has now been agreed after extensive research and consultation on environmental impacts.

Water consumers in Kent will see their bills rise by almost 7 percent from April 2012.

Veolia Water Southeast has revised and put out for consultation its Drought Plan which sets out an overall strategy for coping with drought conditions and details the critical actions to be taken to conserve water and ensure security of supply.

Veolia Water has completed a series of mains renewal schemes which will reduce the risk of bursts and ensure greater security of supply for customers.

After an exceptionally mild autumn Veolia Water is urging customers to remember to check that pipes are frost protected.

Around 10,000 homes in central Folkestone and parts of Cheriton are to be included in a trial of radio transmitting water meters.