Telegraph - UK Likely Facing Water Bans As Abnormally Dry, Drought Conditions Persist

[hatrack]

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In its latest drought report published on Friday, the EA warned soil levels remained alarmingly dry.

Water levels were also low in areas including Shropshire, Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, East Sussex and Kent.

Areas that still remain in drought include Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire, parts of Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire and west Norfolk because of last year's “very dry spring and autumn”.

“Groundwater recovery is very slow and soil moisture deficits increased this week meaning soils are still dry for the time of year,” its January Drought Management briefing stated.

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/9014014/Britain-facing-summer-hosepipe-ban-as-drought-risk-remains-high.html

[northoftheborder]

1. Difficult to believe - England, in drought? Not good.

[Dead_Parrot]

2. It happens often enough in summer...

...but in January? That's fucked up.