With drought in England more frequent, how can it keep water flowing?

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A growing population and climate change means the UK needs to consider long-term measures like major reservoirs and water transfers, not just short-term fixes like hosepipe bans

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Despite the popular perception of the UK as a wet, rainy nation, there are big regional differences in rainfall patterns and droughts are nothing new. A parliamentary committee has even warned thatClimate change is leading to hotter, drier summers like the current one, and summer rainfall in England is expected to

 

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