Farmers and conservationists warn of water shortage,with ‘water shunting from wet north to dry south seen as one solutionFarmers are warning that water may fill to be transferred across Britain after an unusually dry winter and spring left more than four-fifths of rivers with too little to support local growers.
Fears of a drought were expected to ease this weekend as scattered showers usher in a more traditional British spring, but wildlife and agriculture industries are bracing for a long, and parched summer. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com