2007-02-24 08:42:10 · 6 answers · asked by ADRIAN B 1 in Environment
Underground reservoirs would be horrendously expensive to build.
We already have enough water in the UK, but it's in the wrong place relative to where the major usage is.
The real answer is a national water grid.
But again, this would be horrendously expensive to build.
2007-02-24 09:00:04 · answer #1 · answered by efes_haze 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think it would solve the problem.
Britain used to get a lot of rain, so much so that the Roman Army's leather uniforms rotted on their backs!
Now a days we are getting less rain, and longer dry periods between, and the the ground dries hard. When it does rain, the water can't penetrate the hard dry ground to go into our natural aquifers, so runs off into the rivers and out to sea.
If we were more responsible with our water usage, this would not be causing us a problem yet, say if we used water as sparingly as they do in Africa where they have to carry the water they use. But we too used to having it on tap, even our machines are wasteful of it.
So each year we drain a little bit more of our underground reservoirs to the point where soon there will be no back up, and then hosepipe bans will be just the beginning of our problems.
2007-02-25 13:42:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Short answer, no. The UK has aquifers in many parts of the country, (underground water stores) these have a capacity well in excess of any lakes we could ever build on the surface, let alone underground. the amount of water that is wasted by water companies is phenomenal, and would if not wasted take care of the needs of a lot of people. Thames water alone waste 895 million liters a day, yes a day! This wastage is due to leaks that they haven't fixed, and sometimes won't fix for weeks, even though they know where the leak is. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/5202432.stm
2007-02-24 11:37:20 · answer #3 · answered by funnelweb 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The reason for the ban in the South is because the German owner of the water company filled the reservoirs in and sold them for housing.
2007-02-24 08:52:08 · answer #4 · answered by tucksie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We already have them. They're natural formations called aquafers. I believe that they are limestone structures which act like giant sponges absorbing the surface water from rainfall. The problem we have is not a shortage of water storage, it's a shortage of water.
2007-02-24 09:41:42 · answer #5 · answered by Moebious 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes they are called resevoir's
2007-02-24 08:52:57 · answer #6 · answered by aromatise 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋