How to make a little go a long way

摘要

The current drought is the second serious one to have hit the UK in ten years. Back in the mid-1990s, road tankers were used to transport water to the worst-hit area - West Yorkshire. But what contingency plans do the water utilities now have in place to ensure the supply of water? Sally Nash investigates. In the midst of this dry, hot summer that is causing problems for some water companies in the South, it is worth casting our minds back to the severe drought of 1995/6 when Yorkshire Water took the emergency step of tankering in water from neighbouring districts.