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The Latest Breaking News on Droughts

Nearly 400,000 homes hit by hosepipe ban - is your area affected?

For months the country has suffered with lower than expected rainfall, as parts of England have remained in drought status throughout the winter amid fears for the coming summer

Daily Mirror

Staff and patients left without running water amid five hour outage at major hospital

The temporary water outage affected some buildings of the sweeping hospital site

Manchester Evening News

What are the ‘rain gardens’ built into new Cardiff streets?

It's not a muddy ditch, it's a 'rain garden'

Wales Online

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Spain's Barcelona faces drought 'emergency' in September

Authorities in Spain’s parched northeast have warned that Barcelona and a surrounding area that's home to some 6 million people could face even tighter restrictions of water use in the coming months

The Independent UK

Gardeners to be hit by hosepipe ban from next week

It is still a couple of months until summer but parts of the UK are already being warned over watering their garden and washing their car

Wales Online

'Risk' to Chocolate Path reopening due to urgent flood defence work, says mayor

Bristol City Council cabinet approved £1.75million to upgrade Underfall Yard sluice gates beneath the pedestrian and cycleway

Bristol Post

'A leaky loo means you could flush water worth hundreds of pounds down the pan'

Non-governmental organisation Waterwise warns that even a small trickle can waste 400 litres of clean drinking water every day, and cost you up to £400 extra per year

Daily Mirror

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It’s again time to tackle reckless water firms, just like in the 19th century

Letters: Readers on the privatisation of water and the failure to rein in firms’ dumping of sewage

The Guardian - UK

Work to start on improving sewage hit waters in Berwick after £50m funding secured

Northumbrian Water is working on a project to reduce spills from storm overflows at Tweedmouth and Spittal

Chronicle Live

Believe in tougher water regulation for England only when you see it

After the soft approach of the last three decades it is difficult to be convinced by talk of a new era

The Guardian - UK

Ofwat wants to kick-start 31 schemes worth £1.6bn to improve water infrastructure

The regulator wants to approve 31 investment schemes that water companies have promised to begin sooner than planned.

Evening Standard

Reservoirs benefit from wettest March in more than 40 years

Data up to March 30 showed 111.3mm of rain has fallen in the month across the country, 91% more than average.

The Independent UK

'Surprised’ Edinburgh residents spot rare steam train in plush neighbourhood

The British Railways Locomotive was seen being filled up with water in Morningside on Thursday morning at the area’s disused station, as residents were taken by surprise.

Edinburgh Live

Macron unveils plan to save water amid climate change toll

French President Emmanuel Macron has launched a broad plan to ensure that France has sovereignty over its water resources

The Independent UK

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The Guardian - UK

Residents who do not pave over garden could receive water bill discount, Ofwat says

Cheaper rates could be applied to people in England and Wales who install water butts under plans unveiled by regulator

The Guardian - UK

Thames Water ordered to fix leaks before pumping millions of litres from rivers

Environment Agency tells supplier to rethink plans to tackle droughts by pumping water from Thames and Severn

Reuters

U.N. hopes water meeting can create 'rippling effect' to stave off crisis

The United Nations' first meeting on water in nearly half a century drew towards a close on Friday with hopes it would spur political momentum and fears that too little is being done to tackle chronic water stress globally.

The Guardian - UK

Never mind the H20: this scheme to move water from Severn to Thames could be the new HS2

England’s water woes have a solution. But trying to move vast volumes of water from west to east is not it

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Dynamite News

World Water Day: India provided tap connections to over 11 crore rural households

World Water Day is celebrated on March 22 every year. It is an annual United Nations Observance, started in 1993, that celebrates water and raises awareness of the two billion people currently living without access to safe water. Read further on Dynamite News:

Al Jazeera

World Water Day: Mapping water stress across the Middle East

Seven out of the 10 most water-stressed nations are in the Middle East and North Africa.

The Independent UK

Drought in Spain's northeast empties reservoirs

The medieval church of Sant Romà disappeared from view in the 1960s, when the town of Vilanova de Sau was flooded to create a reservoir an hour north of Barcelona

Daily Record

Palnackie residents want action from Scottish Water to protect sewage works

The utility company has deemed the £1.3m plant to be “at risk” after the adjacent retaining harbour wall collapsed

The Guardian - UK

Watchdog to block shareholder payouts if water companies in England and Wales miss targets

Ofwat says new powers will be used if firms fail to reach performance and environmental goals

The Guardian - UK

‘Very sensitive subject’: plan to take Welsh water for London stirs painful memories

‘Drowning’ of village of Capel Celyn to provide water to Liverpool in the 60s remains an emotive issue

Edinburgh Live

Raw sewage streaming down Scottish street leaves local disgusted

A blocked sewer in Aberfeldy, Perthshire, caused a road drain to leak with untreated sewage spewing into a quiet street and leaving locals feeling queasy.

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