Submitting...Severn Trent, which provide water to homes and businesses across Derbyshire, see 446 million litres of water leak from their network of pipes every day, according to three-year averages. He said: “The government must declare a drought now and the water companies should stop dragging their feet. River levels are also at 30 per cent of normal levels. Over the years the public have seen water company executives and investors rewarded handsomely while the environment pays the price. The water companies are behaving like this for a simple reason: because they can.

Source: The Times August 12, 2022 10:28 UTC