Record-breaking heat and dry spring leave parts of England without water

Thousands of households in southeast England were left without water or facing low pressure during a ‌record-breaking heat wave this week, as high demand followed a dry spring to expose the failings in Britain's aging infrastructure.

Record-breaking heat and dry spring leave parts of England without water. Thousands of households in southeast England were left without water or faced low pressure during a ‌record-breaking heat wave this week, as high demand following a dry spring exposed the failings in Britain's aging infrastructure. The disruption affected over 20,000 people at its height, including around 8,000 left without supply in the coastal town of Whitstable, according to South East Water's incident manager ​Matthew Dean, with people queuing to secure emergency water ​supplies on Friday. Britain, like much of Europe, has been hit by a heat wave in the last week, stoking demand for water, while well below-average rainfall levels in March and ​April left some reservoirs under pressure, according to the Environment Agency. Anger has built ⁠in recent years over ⁠t...