Another day, another climate scare. This time it’s not enough rain, or – believe it or not – ‘climate change’ bringing the wrong kind of rain, to London as the Evening Standard reports.
Millions of extra litres of drinking water must be sourced to stop parts of London running dry over the coming decades, Thames Water has warned.
It said that unless we change our consumption habits, some 250 million more litres will need to be pumped into the capital each day.
With London’s 8.8 million population due to hit 11 million by 2050, customers are being asked to “consider different ways they can reduce demand”, such as using water-reducing shower heads.
Thames Water said that without changing our lifestyles “there would be shortages, low pressure and more instances of people having no water”.
Climate change is predicted to bring shorter, heavier bursts of rain, which run off from the ground and are not as reliable for filling up rivers. Climate change is also expected to cause more droughts.
Continued here.
Ofwat: The failure by Thames Water to meet the leakage commitments it has made to its customers is unacceptable [re. 2016-17]
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June 1, 2018 at 06:52AM
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