Water

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.nz/post/23497765

The UK is not officially in drought yet, however the Environment Agency is currently warning there is a “medium” risk of drought this summer without a period of sustained rainfall.

“The last two years were some of the wettest on record for England but drier conditions at the start of this year mean a drought is a possibility and we need to be prepared,” Richard Thompson, the Environment Agency’s deputy director of water, said.

Questions are now being asked whether Britain’s water supply can cope. In 2022, the last official period of drought, hosepipe bans were issued across the country and one village in Oxfordshire completely ran out of water.