Experts warn of widespread water shortages in England if drastic reductions in water use are not made. The problem is expected to be most acute in the summer when less water will be available in rivers to dilute pollutants. Seven of England's nine regions are predicted to experience 'severe water stress' by 2030, rising to twelve by 2040.
Without drastic reductions in water use there will be widespread shortages, that will significantly limit the amount available for households to use and for agriculture – with the problem most acute in England , experts have warned. The problem will be worse, as there will be less water left in the rivers to dilute it, especially in the summer, said Sharkey.
“Part of the problem we have during the summer is because of over extraction in water courses and rivers, the flows drop so any pollutant in there which during the winter might be diluted, concentration levels rise during the summer. That’s why things like raw sewage emptying directly onto the beach from a sewage pipe coming from a caravan park in Kilnsea, Spurn Point, Yorkshire (Photo: Ashley Cooper/Getty) While recent summers have been much wetter, surging temperatures created the joint hottest on record two years ago and fifth driest since the 1890s., many areas of England are already experiencing water shortages. In parts of Sussex, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, and Norfolk, additional demands on water supply from businesses, and new housing developments, “are putting huge pressure on water resources”, it said. Analysis last year showed that seven of England’s nine regions are set to experience “severe water stress” by 2030, rising to 12 by 2040, according to researchThe seven regions are the West Midlands, London, parts of the South West, the East Midlands, the East of England and the South East, and the Isle of Wight.England alone will need an additional five billion litres of water per day by 2050 to maintain current levels of functioning – a 35 per cent increase on the 14bn we use today – to support the growing population, increased need for food to feed it, and asThat’s over two million wheelie bins full of water every day, on top of the water we already use – water which, Sharkey points out, “simply doesn’t exist if we keep going the way we’re doing”
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