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How is dry weather affecting the countryside in the South East?
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1304+ words) it's not only water companies that are asking us to use less water. Richard O'Callaghan from...
Water due to return in Kent after 'unprecedented demand"
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (590+ words) Bottled water stations have reopened in Maidstone and Hollingbourne Water is expected to start returning to more than 3,000 properties in Kent after supplies were impacted due to "unprecedented demand", South East Water (SEW) says. The company said supplies would return…...
What is El Niño, and how does it affect the weather and temperatures?
3+ mon, 1+ day ago (1113+ words) extreme weather to many parts of the world - has begun, US scientists say. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric...
Basingstoke Canal closes 17 Surrey locks as heatwave returns
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (509+ words) only to find it was fake' Call with No 10 gives us hope, PC Harper's mother says Gap between children's...
How has climate change reshaped drought in the West Midlands?
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (832+ words) It's a little on the nose for nature to give us another drought 50 years after the one we had in...today. Half a century of climate change has given us the "flash drought", which although not...
Concern over Anglian Water burst pipe flooding during drought
1+ mon, 21+ hour ago (652+ words) come out," he added. "They're telling us that we need to save water, we're in a drought...
Almost one in 10 back White Horse Reservoir, Thames Water says
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (794+ words) The company said it was on track to submit its application to the planning inspectorate in November Almost nine in 10 people support the building of a new £6.6bn reservoir in Oxfordshire according to a survey. Thames Water said 89% of 2,004 adults surveyed…...
The East Midlands is in drought, what does that mean for Severn Trent?
4+ week, 20+ hour ago (1074+ words) The East Midlands joined several other regions by officially moving into drought status on Monday The East Midlands is now officially in drought after the driest July since records began - so what does that mean for the region's main water…...
Anglian Water asked if UK's driest region could run out of water
4+ week, 2+ day ago (1242+ words) what we really now are looking for customers to help us with is to be as efficient as possible, to only use...
How Kielder Water protects the North East from drought
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (810+ words) Kielder Water opened in 1982, in part to serve the steel industry in north-east England Much of England has faced drought conditions during a summer marked by repeated heatwaves, but the North East has been spared water scarcity despite experiencing what…...