Here is something I had not considered before

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I think it supplies the Wear zone during summer, but other than that, it is just used for Tyneside. New houses get the water meters by law, but I know of no plans to retrofit them. When people say not to 'waste' water, it just does not apply up here. No chance of a hosepipe ban and I do not worry at all about leaving the tap running while brushing my teeth.

There are quite a few small to medium sized reservoirs that are just no longer used as they are uneconomical to use when we have Kielder, Derwent and Cow Green - I have walked around the three of them and they are big bodies of water. Other parts of the country would run out of water faster than they run out of food I reckon should the worst happen.