📈 As energy costs soar, be prepared to pay more for water too or else face shortages and queues for emergency supplies in the future, an infrastructure chief has warned
As energy costs soar, be prepared to pay more for water too or else face shortages and queues for emergency supplies in the future, an infrastructure chief has warned.
Speaking as much of England braces for an anticipated drought in August, Sir John said we will have to"keep water flowing," in extreme circumstances, prioritising hospitals and parts of industry and farming. To avoid this, water companies must tackle the 20% of water currently lost through leakage, some three billion litres a day, government must set new resilience standards and consumers should cut their usage from around 125 to 110 litres a day, Sir John said.
England has just endured its driest eight-month period since 1976, remembered for its heatwave and water restrictions.
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