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Boris Johnson: Move Welsh and Scottish water to England
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-13765279?SThisFBLondon mayor Boris Johnson has raised the idea of moving water supplies from Wales and Scotland to areas of shortage in the south and east of England.
He says the obvious solution is to use the rain from the mountains to tackle water shortages in drier UK areas.
He has been in touch with Prof Roger Falconer of Cardiff University, and both believe a possible solution could be to move water via rivers and canals.
Prof Falconer said a growing population would put pressure on supplies.
In his Daily Telegraph article, Mr Johnson wrote: "Since Scotland and Wales are on the whole higher up than England, it is surely time to do the obvious - use the principle of gravity to bring surplus rain from the mountains to irrigate and refresh the breadbasket of the country in the south and east."
He added: "He [Prof Falconer] has been looking at all sorts of proposals for improving our current network of canals so as to integrate them into the water supply.
"He talks of linking up Welsh mountain reservoirs via the Wye and the Severn with the Thames, or of sending the water from the Severn and the Trent round to East Anglia - for many years the driest part of the country."
He says the obvious solution is to use the rain from the mountains to tackle water shortages in drier UK areas.
He has been in touch with Prof Roger Falconer of Cardiff University, and both believe a possible solution could be to move water via rivers and canals.
Prof Falconer said a growing population would put pressure on supplies.
In his Daily Telegraph article, Mr Johnson wrote: "Since Scotland and Wales are on the whole higher up than England, it is surely time to do the obvious - use the principle of gravity to bring surplus rain from the mountains to irrigate and refresh the breadbasket of the country in the south and east."
He added: "He [Prof Falconer] has been looking at all sorts of proposals for improving our current network of canals so as to integrate them into the water supply.
"He talks of linking up Welsh mountain reservoirs via the Wye and the Severn with the Thames, or of sending the water from the Severn and the Trent round to East Anglia - for many years the driest part of the country."
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Right, take Welsh and Scottish water, but give nothing in return. Nothing's changed in 500 years.
