Policy makers should not “over-react” to this year’s hosepipe bans by building new reservoirs, the chair of the House of Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee has warned. At a fringe meeting organised by Southern Water at the Conservative Party conference earlier this week, Robert Goodwill MP said shortages bad enough to trigger hosepipe bans only occur every “15 to 20 years”.
Prioritise sewage treatment over new reservoirs, argues committee chair
