Jul 28 2007

Providing enough water for homes in Britain

Published by John Redwood at 4:03 pm under Blog

Last summer we were rightly worried about too little water being collected

2 Responses to “Providing enough water for homes in Britain”

  1. # aplon 29 Jul 2007 at 6:40 pm

    JR:

  2. # Steven_Lon 30 Jul 2007 at 7:01 pm

    I remember a good few years ago word going around that the water supply would be deregulated like the gas and electricity industry. It was welcome news to sales people whos customers were fed up by now of being approached for gas and electricty deals.

    We weren’t just being urged to spend less time in the shower, Ken Livingstone wanted us to stop flushing the loo!

    Surely the main issue here is the land that is needed to store the water on, or in if underground. Up here, we’ve got Kielder Reseviour, and never really use any of it. Scotland is full of water too. Isn’t there some way of getting water from North to South? I’ve heard the canals mentioned as a possible solution before, but somehow can’t see the viability myself.

    What’s to stop us making another couple of Kielders and moving the water. Surely a water pipeline can make money as a toll bridge or gas pipeline does?

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