Swindon Borough Council has said it plans to return a £10,000 order of flowers and plants following the hosepipe ban.
The authority says its spring planting scheme is unlikely to go ahead because it will be unable to maintain the plants without water.
Thousands of people who live in east Wiltshire, Swindon and parts of Gloucestershire and Dorset will be affected by the hosepipe ban. But the ban doesn't affect Bristol Water and Wessex Water customers. The map below show the area where a hosepipe ban is being enforced:
The council's new Splashpark at Coate Water which can't be filled because of the hosepipe ban.
Richard Fisher, head of Swindon Borough Council's StreetSmart department says the town's parks and flower beds cannot be watered. The council will also have to postpone the opening of its new splash park at Coate Water country park.
The pool is just about to be finished but the hosepipe ban stops it being filled.
Lewis Fox, manager of the Swindon Garden Centre said the hosepipe ban wasn't great news. But he added gardeners can keep beds moist by mulching, using a micro-irrigation system or even using bath water in the garden.
– Robert Murphy, Wiltshire CorrespondentThe maximum fine for using a hosepipe is £1000. The last time Thames Water had a hosepipe ban was in 2006. They prosecuted just one person that year. If the dry weather continues, Thames Water will apply for a drought order. That could be in place by early July and would mean commercial water users like window cleaners and car washes have to stop work.
Water companies across England and Wales leaked more than 3.3 billion litres of water a day in 2010/11, according to Ofwat, the economic regulator of the water and sewerage industry.
The Environment Agency has urged companies to do more to tackle leakage rates.
Anglican and Southern were among the companies to fail to meet their water leakage targets last year.
– Richard Aylard, Thames Water Sustainability DirectorThey are not obscene, they are high, partly a consequence of very old pipes, 20% of London's water pipes are over 150 years old.
With this ban we would expect to see up to 150 million litres of water a day saved.
To get the same saving from replacing leaky pipes would cost £1.2 billion and take 10 years so we have to be practical about this
Following the introduction of a hosepipe ban in parts of Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Swindon and Marlborough, find out how you can save water and avoid a fine of £1000.
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