A year of unusually dry weather means parts of England are facing summer drought with groundwater and some reservoirs well below normalA year of dry weather, only slightly alleviated by recent storms, has left much of south-east England facing drought this summer.Groundwater and some reservoir levels are well below normal and only above-average rainfall in the next three months will refill them, officials warned on Friday. One water company, Southern Water, has applied for a drought permit to allow them to take more water than normally allowed from the River Medway in Kent, to try to avoid water restrictions for households in the summer. Continue reading...
South-east England at risk of water shortages this summer, officials warn
5. ledna 2018 18:30
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Zdroj: The Guardian