The chief executive of River Action has warned that Londoners are facing the ‘imminent’ prospect of water rationing because of over-abstraction, over-use and leaking pipes. Thames Water loses 602.2 million litres a day through leaks.
Londoners are facing the ‘imminent’ prospect of water rationing because of over-abstraction, over-use and leaking pipes.
James Wallace, chief executive of River Action, warned the chalk streams that provide the capital with drinking water were at risk of drying up.,’ the environmentalist told a meeting with the Greater London Authority . ‘Now many streams are permanently dry, and some are only 25% of normal flow rates. This means we are going to be seeing rationing of water in North London imminently. We’re not talking 20, 30, 40 years, we’re talking imminently.
‘When are we going to treat this like it’s an emergency? I appreciate it takes time to dig a reservoir but some of these things, like changing our abstraction requirements, reducing consumer demand, fixing leaky pipes, this is a national crisis, and we need to address it that way.’Thames Water said it is losing 602.2 million litres a day through leaks in its annual report published last week.
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