UK winter rainfall was 13% above average. Yet half of England and all of Wales are now in drought, after decades of population growth, delayed infrastructure and rapidly rising water bills.
We've had something like half a million more people in Net Immigration per year since about 2010. As I understand it the Home Office is still working on the basis of 400 thousand per year in the future. That's a city about the size of Bristol, not just once but every year. Just think of the resources needed for a City that size, in housing, schools, doctors, water and sewage treatment, waste handling, electricity, everything.
Problems with the planning system have a lot to do with lack of reservoirs. I think Thames Water has been trying to get one built near Oxford since the 90's and it's not just the so called nimbys it's also bodies like Natural England, Environment Agency, the Minister and the regulator himself who are objecting. And by the way I count myself as a fully paid up nimby. Everyone is a nimby when it comes to the crunch.
We've had something like half a million more people in Net Immigration per year since about 2010. As I understand it the Home Office is still working on the basis of 400 thousand per year in the future. That's a city about the size of Bristol, not just once but every year. Just think of the resources needed for a City that size, in housing, schools, doctors, water and sewage treatment, waste handling, electricity, everything.
Problems with the planning system have a lot to do with lack of reservoirs. I think Thames Water has been trying to get one built near Oxford since the 90's and it's not just the so called nimbys it's also bodies like Natural England, Environment Agency, the Minister and the regulator himself who are objecting. And by the way I count myself as a fully paid up nimby. Everyone is a nimby when it comes to the crunch.
They are building some now but this country and infrastructure has been a disaster for decades.