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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Kate Devlin

UK’s water crisis could cost lives, former environment secretary warns

Britain's ageing dams, aqueducts and canals must be urgently upgraded or lives could be lost in flash floods, the former environment secretary Lord Deben has warned.

The UK is not prepared to cope with more frequent torrential rain or summer droughts as part of a looming water crisis caused by climate change, decades of underinvestment and a continued reliance on Victorian infrastructure, he said.

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