RAINWATER MANAGEMENT


WATER MANAGEMENT REACHES CRITICAL POINT


Climate change is here and its affecting everyone. The issue of water efficiency can no longer be ignored, as BMJ finds out.


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ith almost half of European Union land currently under a drought warning or a more severe “alert” level, water


efficiency can no longer be ignored. That’s according to UWLA managing director Yvonne Orgill, who says: “Our water efficiency message has never been more critical. Last month the European Commission confirmed that continued drought is hampering agriculture, energy production and water supplies across Europe. With more extreme hot weather predicted, the UK Health Security Agency has issued a heat-health alert for this week, and hosepipe bans have come into effect in parts of England with more set to follow. “People have to start taking on board our


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