Why deleting emails could prevent water droughts from worsening

• The UK is experiencing its driest six months to July since 1976, leading the Environment Agency to declare the current water shortfall a "nationally significant incident."
• The Environment Agency is urging the public to reduce water consumption through traditional methods and by deleting old emails.
• This advice is due to large data centres, which store cloud-based files like emails and photos, requiring vast amounts of water for cooling.
• Drought has been declared in several English regions, including Yorkshire, Cumbria, Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Cheshire, the East Midlands, and the West Midlands.
• Hosepipe bans are in force for customers of various water companies, and largely dry conditions are forecast to continue across the country.

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Delete your old emails to save water during drought, Environment Agency tells Britons