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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Julia Kollewe

Southern Water considers shipping supplies from Norwegian fjords to UK

A ferry in the Geirangerfjord in Norway.
The Geirangerfjord in Norway. The Environment Agency will review Southern’s proposed options, including using sea tankers from Norway. Photograph: Olivier Feniet/AFP/Getty Images

Southern Water, one of Britain’s biggest water companies, is drawing up contingency plans to tanker water from Norway to deal with future supply shortages and drought.

Southern, which has 2.7 million customers for drinking water supply in the south-east of England, could import water from Norwegian fjords to provide up to 45m litres a day, and would pay for it from customers’ bills.

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