Customers adhering to the hosepipe ban had helped to save the equivalent of 33 days of average water usage in Sheffield or 21 days of average usage in Leeds, the company said.
Dave Kaye, the firm’s director of water, said: “When you get down to 30%, that really is the time to start worrying – so there’s a huge sense of relief.
“We were worried we would have to move to the next steps, but thankfully we’ve seen rivers, reservoirs and groundwater sources recharge with the rain we’ve had.”
Those “next steps” and contingency plans would have included the introduction of rotational cuts – when water supplies are interrupted in certain areas to control demand – and the use of standpipes on the streets, as happened during summer 1976.
This year’s hosepipe ban was the second in three years to be introduced by Yorkshire Water after similar weather conditions in 2022.
However, the company said it could build a new reservoir as part of a strategy to manage future shortages.
