Drought-hit water firm may buy in supplies

The hosepipe ban has put certain water firms under such pressure that at least one is considering deals with other companies across the country.


The Midlands-based water company Severn Trent is finalising plans to sell 30 million litres of water a day to Anglian Water – one of the seven companies that imposed a hosepipe ban last week – to help to ease the shortage, it was reported last night.

Plans are under way to trade water between the two regions for the first time to supply more than 100,000 homes in the worst-hit areas, The Daily Telegraph reported. The move is likely to fuel speculation that a national grid could eventually become a solution should the water crisis continue.          Full Read