I wonder how long it will take?

[Phone]

Bold Bear,

 

Odd that you mention your concerns. I was just reading this from one of my "chicken little - the sky is falling" magazines. I have carefully re-typed it for you - enjoy or lament.

 

"""A quarter of England’s rivers are at risk of running dry, with devastating consequences for wildlife, according to data obtained under freedom of information rules.

 

The rules governing how much water can be taken from rivers have not been updated for more than half a century and take no account of the water needed to sustain the ecological health of rivers. The government published proposed reforms in 2011 and had legislation drawn up early in 2017, but did not find parliamentary time to act.

 

Many rivers around England have already suffered the effects of over-abstraction of water. England hosts most of the world’s chalk streams but these are particularly vulnerable and half are now at risk of drying up. Paul Jennings, a local farmer and chairman of the River Chess Association, said: “In the last six years, it has been dry 50% of the time, and this has had devastating effects."""

 

Phone

 

meanwhile the %$* EAGLES are eating my carp.

Edited August 31, 2019 by Phone

[Mikench]

We get more rain than most places particularly in the north and have failed to devise a way to transport it south despite having a huge network of canals and being able to pump water to my part of England from the Lake District. In addition we have Victorian pipes which leak ; a legacy of being ahead of the known world 150 years ago but doing b***** all since.