The UK is not getting drier. In fact I believe that statistics and models show and predict that it is getting <i>wetter</i>. What is changing is the seasonality with more rain in automn and winter and less rain in summer, and as the article mentions there is high geographical variability.<p>This means that there are some solutions but they would require large scale infrastructure projects... which are not materialising and which the country is terrible at and so we get floods in winter and water restrictions in summer.<p>"<i>A new potable water reservoir hasn’t opened in the UK since 1992</i>" (2022) [1]<p>During that time population went from 57 to 69 million... So there is also the general lack of investment in infrastructure, nevermind climate change, which is a common pattern in the country.<p>And, food for thought:<p>"<i>There is a seemingly direct link between the 1989 privatisation of water companies in the UK and the ceasing of new reservoirs being built</i>"<p>[1] <a href="https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/the-challenge-of-building-more-reservoirs-to-ensure-uks-water-resilience-01-09-2022/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/the-challenge-of-bui...</a>
You can bet your bottom dollar (pound) that someone will make money from this “crisis”<p>The media is probably just setting the stage for significant water rates increases.<p>Someone has looked at my £30/mo bill and thought: there’s plenty more to squeeze out of you, just like gas/electric
I heard that cloud seeding and other weather controls are affecting the natural rainfall of the water cycle, meaning that water that would usually fall in these places, is not. Is it really feasible that cloud seeding programs are causing less rainfall elsewhere in the world?
It's just kind of incredible that so many parts of the world have problems with something as basic as water. We've truly lost the mandate of heaven.