britain running dry...?

[Devonian]

(21 September 2014, 16:03)Sunna Wrote: their just might be something in it as i went through the online papers looking for storys this one was in most of them along with other global warming reports.

I don't see it being an issue for the UK, we have plenty water, it's just it's not always in the right place or where's it's needed most! But that can be overcome as long as enough money is thrown at it.

Also desalination is becoming increasingly affordable and the oceans obviously have an endless supply of water.

Within the water industry (engineering world) there has been a lot of debate over the last 5 years or so about water becoming an increasingly scarce resource in places like the middle East and Africa, and the potential for water to become more valuable than oil. There was also a lot of talk about the next world war being started by the need to secure water supplies. But this is just dramatising the situation to grab headlines.