Southern Water is asking us to reduce water consumption but finding where the restrictions apply is not easy.
If you visit its web site, there is an article about the restrictions which came into force on July 11 but it is unclear. It refers to a Sussex coastal supply area but gives no indication where exactly this is.
To get a better idea, I rang Southern Water, which said the Sussex coastal area meant all of Sussex.
After all, we should be given more accuracy, because these legally-bound restrictions require such detail.
There may have been less rain than usual but the South-East has a natural deep-water reservoir, namely the chalk Downs, which absorb and store rainwater.
Perhaps more boreholes need to be drilled, or work done to make sure the rain does not run off the hills. Either way, we should be able to have a high water level even in the summer.
-Anthony Beaumont, Lewes
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