However, the chief executive of Jersey Water, Helier Smith, says that while the combined levels in the company’s six reservoirs are currently under the seasonal average of 52.8 per cent, such a situation is not unusual for this time of the year.
Although the long-range forecast is for the drier and warmer weather to continue this month, Mr Smith says they are not unduly concerned because the desalination plant, which turns sea water into drinking water, is due to come back into service shortly following a £6 million upgrade.
The desalination plant was built at an old quarry between La Moye and Corbière in 1970 as a back-up to keep the Island supplied with water in times of drought. It was last used in the autumn and winter of 2011.
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