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

Climate change and a growing population mean England needs long-term solutions like new reservoirs and desalination plants, not just short-term fixes like hosepipe bans

By Adam Vaughan

11 August 2022

People sitting on parched grass in Greenwich Park, London — England’s driest July since 1935 has left the grass parched in Greenwich Park, London
Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images

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 that .

Climate change is leading to hotter, drier summers like the current one, and summer rainfall in England is expected to This trend and the…

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