Groundwater decline in Nebraska in 2013 'unprecedented'

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2. Exact opposite in the UK

Has the UK truly 'stocked up' on rainwater ?

Hard as it is to believe now, two years ago the UK was seriously preparing for drought. Since then there's been a lot of rain, so does it mean there won't be hosepipe bans for many years?

It's been wet. December last year was the sixth wettest on record for the UK and the wettest ever measured in Scotland. There was no let-up - January this year was the wettest in southern England since records began in 1910.

All this after a generally wet 18 months means that where there isn't flooding, the ground is sodden.

Yet not too long ago the UK suffered from wildfires, hosepipe bans and fears over drying aquifers. Between April 2010 and March 2012 England and Wales experienced one of the 10 worst droughts of the last 100 years, according to the Met Office.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-26049927