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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
World
Danny Halpin

London faces water rationing ‘imminently’, claims leading environmentalist

London could face water rationing “imminently” because of over-abstraction, over-use and wastage through leaking pipes, a leading environmentalist has warned.

James Wallace, chief executive of River Action, said the chalk streams that provided the capital with drinking water were at risk of drying up and that the situation needed to be treated as an emergency.

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