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6th January, 2009 *

Water

Water related articles

Our diversity of climate has seen dramatic changes over the past few years. With raging storms and flooding in some areas and little rainfall in others. We use our water resources to beyond capacity, and water in the South East is in short supply - and this has been pushed beyond just during the summer months.

Hosepipe bans and drought orders are becoming the norm. The average household uses more than 150 litres of water per person per day - a third of it for flushing the toilet.