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England is facing its worst drought in decades with government and water companies preparing to take drastic measures to deal with the problem.
Executives at one major water company told The Guardian that water shortfall – made more likely by the Met Office’s long-term forecasts of lower than average rainfall – would mean taking extreme water use curtailment measures “going beyond
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