Fighting drought
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Water Scarcity in the UK
In general, we're on the higher side. There's a fair bit of a difference between how we see water use compared to some european countries may be where water scarcity is a bit more prevalent. Is household consumption now going up or down? If you look at the figure that tends to be spoken about, a hundred and forty leters per person per day that we use on average. That has remained relatively steady over sort of a he past decade or so. We did see a bit of an uplift as a result of covet due to increased hygiene practices. So increased washing, showering, washing clothes, that sipe of thing. But if you go back a few
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