 Drought? What drought?
Drought fears continue in England despite the heaviest April showers in over 100 years.
The BBC goes into more depth in a recent episode of Inside Out (available on BBC iPlayer).
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 Water firm sends 'drought speakers' into schools to tell children how to save water
British schoolchildren are being taught how to save water by 'drought speakers' as the country suffers its worst water shortage since 1976.
With more than half of Britain now suffering a drought, Thames Water have enlisted volunteers to go into secondary schools to educate children on saving water.
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 Water shortages could last until Christmas
Official drought zones have been declared in a further 17 English counties, as a warning came that water shortages could last until Christmas.
The Environment Agency said dry weather over the past few months had left some rivers in England exceptionally low.
It has now extended its "drought map&... |
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 Water Companies enforce hosepipe bans
Hosepipe bans affecting about 20 million customers have been introduced by seven water authorities in parts of southern and eastern England reports the BBC.
Suppliers Thames, ... |
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 Cotswold residents urged to use ShowerBoBs to save water
RESIDENTS living along the River Coln are being asked to do their bit to save water ahead of what could be the worst drought in more than 30 years.
As part of the Care for the Coln campaign being run by Thames Water and the Angling Trust, residents around the River Coln are being urged to take a number of s... |
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New survey reveals showering habits
A survey by Unilever has shown that the average shower is now 8 minutes and rising. By using sensors in the shower, not just relying on people giving imformation, the data has suggested that taking eight-minutes showers would cost an average UK family £416 a year; using a power shower would see the annua... |
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 University of Central Lancashire success story
We are delighted to hear reports from The University of Central Lancashire (UCLAN), who recently reported that they "conservatively estimate students and staff have pledged to to use ShowerBoB saving 5,426,820 litres of water in one year".
Results are so impressi... |
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 2011 Green League ranks 142 universities' environmental credentials
The latest People & Planet Green League shows how carbon emissions have risen at most of the UK's universities over the past five years.
Nottingham Trent University topped the table this year, closely followed by Gloucestershire, Worcester and... |
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 Environment Secretary warns against complacency
After England and Wales experienced the warmest and driest March/April in decades, Caroline Spelman, the Environment Secretary reminds us that 'we can all play our part in using our valuable water resources wisely."
"We're not in a drought yet, although the severity of dry conditions differs from p... |
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 China and EU share climate vision
China and the European Union are setting out plans for changing energy use and curbing carbon emissions within a space of a few days.
Continue reading at:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/th... |
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 Weather forecasts should include Australian style updates on water shortages
Weather forecasts should include reports on the state of local rivers and reservoirs, conservationists have suggested, as a way of making people save water.
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 Let simple ShowerBoB cut your daily water costs
Read about our press debut in the Stroud News & Journal!
Household water conservation can now be achieved with ease thanks to an ingeniously simple gadget from Stroud company Bo... |
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Britain's love of a long bath is draining away
According to a recent National Plughole Week survey of 3,000 homes, the average number of baths taken by each adult has fallen from 9 x per month a decade ago to just 5 times a month. 11% said they had removed their bath altogether in favour of showers...
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 British guiltiest in survey of Western European shower habits
Britons spend more time in the shower than any of their European neighbours, an Ispos Mori survey for the Royal Society of Chemistry shows.
Some 15 per cent of men and women are there for more than 11 minutes each day and three per cent admit standing under the water for more than 20 minutes. In other countr... |
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 Don't take water for granted - work out your water footprint!
With water supplies on the wane, Lucy Siegle at The Observer gives us a glimpse into the future and tells us how to calculate our 'water footprint' in The Observer. |
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 UK Environment Agency calls for “near universal” water metering
The Environment Agency is calling for water companies to implement water metering for UK households. Just having a water meter typically reduces consumption by 10-15%. The Agency is also calling on water companies to put incentives in place for reduced water use. And the Government also needs to implement a system f... |
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 Each Briton uses 4,645 litres of water a day - the equivalent of 58 baths each, every day.
According to a new report by WWF, when you take into account the hidden factors (such as water in food production and clothing), the UK is the world's 6th largest net importer of water in the world.
Only 38% of the UK's total water use comes from its own resources; the rest depends on the... |
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 DEFRA's 'Future Water' aims to reduce water useage by 20-30 litres per day per person, by 2030.
The new strategy by the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) titled 'Future Water' aims to make all users value water more, to introduce a fairer way of paying for it, and to set out a series of new measures and incentives to help conserve water.
Householders, for ex... |
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