Businesses could have water stopped to ensure hospitals keep getting a supply if the shortage continues into next year, a campaigner warned today.
Martin Salter, a former Labour MP and chief policy advisor to the Angling Trust, said England may “stumble on” until Christmas but the situation will be “cataclysmic” if the winter is dry too.
He warned that could force the National Drought Group to escalate to its highest alert of “severe drought”, in which COBRA meets and there are “drought orders” and emergency restrictions on domestic and commercial water use.
