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Drought Declared as Reservoir Water Levels 'Deteriorate'
EAST MIDLANDS AND WEST MIDLANDS, ENGLAND, JUL 15 – The drought declaration follows the driest spring in 132 years and record heat in June, with river flows at their lowest since 1976, prompting stepped-up water conservation efforts.
- On Tuesday, July 22, Thames Water will introduce a hosepipe ban in Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Berkshire, and Wiltshire due to prolonged dry weather conditions.
- The ban comes amid the driest beginning to the year in nearly five decades, with June rainfall 20% below average and two heatwaves significantly raising water demand.
- Reservoir levels are critically low across regions, with Yorkshire at 53.8%, Rudyard Lake near Leek at about 30% capacity, and the East and West Midlands officially declared in drought.
- Helen Wakeham, chair of the National Drought Group, urged partners to step up drought management and water conservation, while Water Minister Emma Hardy pledged to hold companies accountable.
- These developments highlight heightened water scarcity risks worsened by climate change, prompting urgent investment in infrastructure and public appeals to reduce water use and fix leaks.
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Drought Atlas of India, 1901–2020
India has been considerably affected by droughts in the recent past. Despite the considerable impacts of droughts on agriculture and water resources, long-term datasets to examine droughts and their consequences at appropriate spatial and temporal scales have been lacking in India. Datasets that provide drought information are mostly available for a short period and at coarser resolutions, therefore, these do not comprehend the information regar…
Several departments of Hexagon have been placed in "crisis" due to the drought. Since June, the situation in France has deteriorated both in terms of groundwater and soil surface. But it remains far from the historical droughts of 2022 and 2019. - Drought in France: where is it really? (Environment).
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Bournemouth EchoSouthern Water confirms hosepipe ban will come into force in Hampshire
The Environment Agency has now declared the Solent and South Downs in "prolonged dry weather."
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