Neil Oakman 🔶️
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🔶️ Local Party Chair. Parish Councillor. Rugby and Cricket enthusiast. Gardener. RSPB volunteer and Wash Cruise coordinator. Rewilding advocate. Old rocker.. #FBPE
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One reason water companies feel able to delay bringing in hosepipe bans & drag their feet on fixing leaks is that successive governments have allowed them to pump water from rivers when reservoirs get low. But that water is taken from wildlife.
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England’s rivers ‘under threat’ as water extraction surges to record levels
Exclusive: Investigation finds 76% rise in water taken from rivers and lakes for industrial or public consumption in two decades
www.theguardian.com
July 17, 2025 at 12:30 PM
One reason water companies feel able to delay bringing in hosepipe bans & drag their feet on fixing leaks is that successive governments have allowed them to pump water from rivers when reservoirs get low. But that water is taken from wildlife.
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www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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what do the other 31% think? Do they think??
July 17, 2025 at 11:24 AM
what do the other 31% think? Do they think??
But PR should be the FIRST step. Everything else is just tinkering around the edges. However welcome it is.
July 17, 2025 at 11:19 AM
But PR should be the FIRST step. Everything else is just tinkering around the edges. However welcome it is.