Are window cleaners in the UK exempt from drought orders?
This is a good question. So, we at WCM contacted DEFRA (Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs) DEFRA has policy responsibility for water resources in England. This is their response: Under the Water Resources Act 1991 and the Drought Direction 2011, an ordinary drought order may authorise a water undertaker to prohibit or limit the use of water for cleaning a window of a non-domestic building using a hosepipe other than for health or safety…