On 24/05/2018 09:24, David wrote:
On Wed, 23 May 2018 17:33:53 +0200, Martin wrote:

On Wed, 23 May 2018 16:09:42 +0100, Martin Brown
wrote:

On 19/05/2018 13:40, Martin wrote:
On Sat, 19 May 2018 10:20:14 +0100, Broadback

wrote:

Not had any rain for a few days. Why haven't they started bleating
about water shortages?

Too busy discussing the Royal Wedding?

Perhaps. Anyway his wish has been granted:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-44215418

Wasn't one of the justifications for privatising the water industry to
substantially reduce the massive loss of water between source and
consumer?

Off at a bit of a tangent, but there has been a lot of grumbling about
increased ground water extraction and then loss by leakage.

Granted that it takes a while for the water to sink back down again, but
in the context of ground water isn't the leakage just going back to
source, and is thus not truly "lost"?

The lost water in sandy soils like Manchester tends to carve out great
voids in the ground that swallow houses and roads from time to time.

https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/manchester...nkhole-1515554

Lost water presumably goes through the sewerage or storm drainage and into
the rivers and seas.

Eventually. Movement of groundwater is relatively slow. It tends to
raise the level of the water table in regions with many leaks and a dish
shaped impermeable layer of rock underneath.

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Regards,
Martin Brown