Including the closely related term water supplies.
…, our water supplies will be affected by drought conditions during summer periods and flooding will be exacerbated during the winter months. Our towns are identified as being within ‘water stressed’ areas. To protect ourselves against extreme weather events, we need to look carefully at our public spaces, putting in measures to reduce flood…
… risks and capturing water to use in our gardens. These measures might take the form of rain gardens, sustainable urban drainage systems (SUDs) or water butts. The quality of our water will be improved by less discharge into water supplies from industrial processes or from farms, and a reduction in the amount of litter reaching our rivers and seas. We…