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Water bosses update ministers as severe drought persists across England

By Anthony at GridteamAI

Water company chief executives told the National Drought Group on 19 October how they are protecting supplies after severe drought was declared in parts of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset and Sussex. The Environment Agency has granted drought permits to South West Water and South East Water to cut reservoir releases, and says the country needs at least 120% of average rainfall over the next six months to exit drought by spring.

Our readThat the Environment Agency is now quantifying exactly how much rain is needed to exit drought by spring shows how far this has moved from an occasional contingency to a tracked, numerical risk.
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