Several Hungarian cities have introduced water-use restrictions today in a bid to avert potential shortages, while others have brought in emergency civil-protection and public-support measures to help residents ride out the next four to five days of historic heat. Water-use restrictions imposed in several Hungarian cities amid heat and energy strainWater restrictions have been introduced in two Hungarian cities on Monday, as local authorities moved to respond to the intensifying strain on supply amid the country’s heat and energy crisis. Debrecen and Pécs have both declared first-level water restrictions. Under Hungarian law, such measures are decided not by the central government but by municipal authorities. The restrictions ban the watering of green spaces and public areas using drinking water, hoses or sprinkling devices, as well as the filling of swimming pools.