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Originally Posted by Russ
Easy one that.
In 2012 when England had droughts and hosepipe bans it was suggested Wales' water (always in good supply due to the valleys and mountains) be shipped over the border to help out.
Our Water companies agreed....but said you'll need to pay for it.
At this point many English people suddenly had an instant change of heart and started declaring "NO! We are the UNITED Kingdom after all, therefore it's our water too".
Selectively united of course.
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Wales doesn't own any water. The water is owned by whoever owns the reservoir, or the pond, or the rights to extract from the river or borehole in question.
Wales doesn't even have a national water company. DC/WW supplies most of Wales and bits of England. Severn Trent supplies bits of Wales, as well as its patch in England.
Whether water is transferred from one company's reservoir to another is a commercial matter. Severn Trent, in 2012, sold some water to Anglian because it was practical for them to do so. They lifted it from boreholes and pumped it into the River Tame. Anglian abstracted it downstream. There was never any realistic chance of DC/WW selling water to any of the companies in Southeast England because without a man-made or natural water course to push it down, the only means of transport is tankers, which is disastrous because of the number you need to transport a useful amount of water.
But don't let the facts get in the way of a good rant.
