The source of the Thames dried up, usage restrictions imposed on homes in the south of England and an imminent declaration of a state of drought: in this scorching summer, the United Kingdom is running out of water. “In 2022, the UK had the driest start to the year since the 1970s”underline three researchers, climate specialists, on the site The Conversation.
Admittedly, the country remains one of the wettest in Europe, along with Norway, Iceland, Switzerland and Albania. Each year, on average, it rains 133 days for a total volume of 885 mm of precipitation. In 2020, an overwhelming majority of Britons (77%) considered their country to be “rainy”, according to a survey conducted by Cambridge Water.
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Only then, there are significant disparities between regions: if the reliefs of the northwest can accumulate 5.1 meters of precipitation per year, the southeast receives less water than many Italian regions. “In fact, even though Britain reportedly gets more rainy days than most of us would like, it