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Originally Posted by Paul

Except they are not being allowed to build new ones.

But they have closed ones that could be used to ease the problem

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/environm...eased-drought/

Water companies have sold off reservoirs that could have helped ease drought to housing developers, the former head of Natural England has said.

Dozens of reservoirs across the country have been given up by water companies, while no new ones have been built in the last 30 years.

Writing for The Telegraph, see below, Andrew Sells - who was head of Natural England between 2014 and 2019 - said the sell-off, with no replacements, was evidence of water companies putting profits before water resilience.

Thames Water, Severn Trent and Southern Water are among those to have sold off some of their reservoirs in recent years.

Thames Water, which announced on Tuesday that it would soon bring in a hosepipe ban for its 15 million customers, has sold off 25 reservoirs since the 1980s, according to the GMB Union.