Southern Water has relaunched its You Save, We'll Pay scheme

Southern Water has relaunched its You Save, We’ll Pay scheme, offering businesses in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight a 10 per cent discount on their wholesale water charges if they reduce consumption by 10 per cent between August and December, compared to the same period last year.

The scheme is being brought back following the driest July since records began 190 years ago, with Hampshire and the Isle of Wight officially in drought and river levels low.

Southern Water has relaunched its You Save, We’ll Pay scheme. (Image: Southern Water)

Tania Flasck, director of water operations at Southern Water said: "We’re grateful to customers who have put down their hosepipes and made small changes at home, helping to take pressure off Hampshire’s precious chalk streams.

"We’re doing everything we can to protect water resources too, from finding and fixing leaks fast to building new reservoirs to shore up supply in the long-term.

"Now we’re asking businesses to support our collective efforts by reducing water usage to help keep taps flowing - and cut their bills.

"The more water we can save now, the less likely it is we will need to bring in further restrictions later this summer."

Last year, Hampshire businesses helped save around 41,000 million litres of water in the four months it ran the scheme.