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Chris Bishop
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I'm reading with increasing disbelief the ongoing debate about the impending drought in the south-east.
British Waterways says it's feasible to transfer water from one side of the country to the other.
The water firms say it's not.
I did a story on this, with the EA confirming they'd been asked to look at the potential costs.
Elliott Morley, the Environment Minister, wrote to the paper saying it wasn't true.
We know demand is increasing faster than supplies, as our climate changes.
Yet today, I read we aren't building houses fast enough and the East alone needs hundreds of thousands more.
Then there are the huge new towns they're set to build in what are being called things like the Thames Gateway, Stanstead Corridor etc.
Meanwhile, they're just about to demolish thousands of houses in the north because no-one wants to live in them.
Mad or what..?
British Waterways says it's feasible to transfer water from one side of the country to the other.
The water firms say it's not.
I did a story on this, with the EA confirming they'd been asked to look at the potential costs.
Elliott Morley, the Environment Minister, wrote to the paper saying it wasn't true.
We know demand is increasing faster than supplies, as our climate changes.
Yet today, I read we aren't building houses fast enough and the East alone needs hundreds of thousands more.
Then there are the huge new towns they're set to build in what are being called things like the Thames Gateway, Stanstead Corridor etc.
Meanwhile, they're just about to demolish thousands of houses in the north because no-one wants to live in them.
Mad or what..?