City centre fountains run dry as temperatures soar in parched Sheffield
Met Office heat warning currently in place
Scorching Sheffield has seen its grass drying out for weeks.
Now the city has also seen its fountains run dry.
On Tuesday morning, only one of the two popular fountains on Barker’s Pool was in operation. The second fountain, the one closest to Division Street, was out of order with the water level plunging in the pond around it.
Today, both fountains are out of operation, with the fountain nearest to Division Street bone dry, and the one closest to Fargate reduced to just an inch or so of water.
Neither have water flowing from the fountain mechanism, and Sheffield Council says is is working to get them fixed.
Richard Eyre, director of street scene and regulation at Sheffield Council, said: “We’ve had some issues filling the pool in the fountain.
“We’re working as quickly as possible with our external contractor to get the fountain running again after a power outage recently.”
This morning, with the fountain dry, pigeons had replaced the ducks that are often seen in the water.
Rubbish and corroded small-denomination coins could be seen where water would usually be flowing.
It comes at a time when Sheffield is officially under a heat warning from the Met Office, and much of the country is currently under drought conditions.
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The fountains are a popular feature in Barkers Pool which run constantly, and frequently act as a pond for some of the city’s ducks.