England is heading towards dehydration this summer unless there is a large rains soon, as the tank water levels diminish.
On Wednesday, the government will prepare the national drought A group of water companies, agricultural groups and other experts to prepare for what is expected to be a dry summer with a shortage of water.
Scotland has already looked drought warning in the coming months, as it issued a “early warning” of water scarcity In April.
No tanks have been built in England for more than 30 years, leaving the country especially vulnerable to dehydration. The tank levels should be less than that after parts of the country were drier in the spring, and if the dry weather continues as expected, there may be a shortage of water that leads to a point probation and possibly other forms of legalization.
To avoid dehydration, there should be rain in the levels that were last seen in 2012, when record periods of floods across the country caused, according to the rented institution of the Foundation. water Environmental management.
A CIWEM spokesman said: “The aesthetics of rain in most British islands were low since the beginning of 2025. To remove drought this year.
However, long -term predictions indicate that the conditions are mature for the next warm and dry months. April was the most sunnut since the records began, with a medium temperature of 9.6 ° C (49.3f) for the United Kingdom, and 1.7 ° C above the average, making it the third average average average temperature since the series began in 1884. The United Kingdom has slightly more than 56 % of the rain that you usually expect in April, and the Times region has suffered in particular this spring this spring this spring Only 13 % of the rain.
Many water companies do the tank repair, including the Times water, which often faces great pressure during dehydration due to the intensity of the population that it serves in London and the Times Valley.
Industry sources said that the drought preparations in the UK are subject to the greatest scrutiny, which is expected to consider the long -awaited water industry, which is a Cunliffe review, to new forces to force water companies to cooperate in the participation of water stores. This will become a more urgent problem because the Environment Agency reduces or imposes more stressful conditions on water stripping licenses, which allow companies to take water from rivers to manage supplies.
Industry sources added that this forced cooperation is likely to lead to companies between companies at costs and licensing conditions. They believe that water companies will indicate the needs of drought as a justification for high consumer bills.
Climate collapse means that hot droughts and dehydration will become more likely. “The climate expectations at the Office UK in the UK indicate that hot talismans will become more frequent in our future climate, especially in the southeastern UK, as temperatures rise in all seasons,” said office scientist Met Emily Carlisle.
The tank levels decrease early at this time of the year, and you will need sustainable rain for recharge. The UK Center for Environmental and Hydrology (UKCEH) warned that the tanks were 10 % less than: “Continuing to dry conditions in the north and west, especially in the early year, will lead to anxiety about water resources in the coming months.” UNITELITIES specially low levels of tank. The regional total is 71 % of the capacity, and Haweswateer tank It has already exhausted to 62.3 %. At this time of the year, it usually reaches 98 %.
When the water supply decreases, companies depend on abstraction from local rivers. However, river flows are much lower than average time for a year, with almost every river gatherings in the UK much lower than normal. Some areas have been the lowest flows from October to March since the records of those places began in 1958, according to UKCEH.
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Dr. Chris White, a reader of engineering for extremism, and head of the Water, Environment, Sustainable and Public Health Center at the University of Strangklaid, said that low river flows and tank levels were clear indicators of the problem and warned the ban on the hostel. “Our water resources infrastructure is generally designed for medium conditions, but in the warming climate, what” natural “is an open question. Our water resources infrastructure is not really designed for extremism – water scarcity and floods – which means that we need to rethink how to store and use water better to deal with the full set of events.”
A spokesman for the Ministry of the Environment, Food and the rural affirmed that the government expects water companies to revitalize their droughts, which include legalization measures, in the event of continued dry weather. “After years of failure, this government inherited a dominant water system that puts population growth and climate change tremendous pressure. This is why the record worth 104 billion pounds of private sector investments has been secured to upgrade and build a new infrastructure, including nine new tanks to secure future water supplies in the coming decades.”
A spokesman for the Times water said:
“Our water resources are in a healthy place before this summer, as rain was higher than the average winter months. From the memo, our tank levels are healthy for this time of year by 94 %. The groundwater levels are still higher than the average of this time of the year for most areas we work in.”
“Although it was a more dry start for this year 90 years ago, we are continuing to plan our operations for all weather conditions for managing the supply and demand,” said a spokesman for UNITED UTILITIS.
“Whatever the weather, we always encourage our customers to use water wisely. In this way, we can all play our role to ensure a sufficient amount of water, wild people and the environment.”
