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14.08.26 - 17:18
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Thames Water plans to restart desalination plant – after drought has ended (The Guardian)
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Utility company's plant, which has only run five times, now has an estimated total cost of £500mThames Water is preparing the UK's only desalination plant to restart operations later this year – but it will only be ready in the winter, long after the current drought is likely to have passed.The utility company said that it was hoping to start operating its plant in Beckton, east London, “by the end of the year”, in order to help build up reservoir supplies over the winter for next summer. Continue reading......
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13.08.26 - 13:24
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Caspian Sea water level hits 200-year low (IntelliNews)
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The Caspian Sea has fallen to its lowest level in about 200 years and is still declining, a Tehran official said, blaming higher temperatures, evaporation, weaker inflows and lower rainfall for a drop of up to 20 centimetres a year....
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13.08.26 - 10:51
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Danube Water Levels Sink To Historic Lows (ZeroHedge)
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Danube Water Levels Sink To Historic Lows
The Danube and other rivers in Europe are experiencing historic drought conditions which have thrown shipping, tourism and energy supply into disarray.
Additionally, as Statista's Katharina Buchholz details below, the sinking water levels that have set new all-time records in some locations have revealed historic finds from World War II to Roman times and even the Ice Age.
You will find more infographics at Statista
At the end of last month, 200 cruise passengers had to be evacuated when a Viking line river cruise ship ran aground near Vidin, Bulgaria.
As of early August, cruise lines on the Danube, the Rhine and the Main are still disrupted, with itineraries being adjusted or canceled outright.
Not only tourism industries are suffering from the drought, however.
Critical energy infrastructure, agriculture and food supply routes are also in distress as the Danube provides irrigation to farmers and cooling to power plants.
On August 3, Romanian...
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13.08.26 - 10:30
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Millions face higher water bills as suppliers allowed £3.4bn extra spending (The Guardian)
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Firms in England and Wales seek to fund measures including supporting new homes and datacentresBusiness live – latest updatesMillions of households in England and Wales face higher bills after water companies were given the green light to spend £3.4bn more than planned, including to support new homes and datacentres.The new spending will come on top of the £104bn programme of investment approved by the regulator that had already meant water bills will rise by 36% over the second half of the decade. Continue reading......
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