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Drought and heatwaves have played a part in shortages, but the main culprit is years of under-investment in Britain’s water industry after privatisation.
For the past three months, I’ve been unable to rely on a basic requirement for civilised living in the West: water coming out of the taps in my home.
They have run dry for up to eight days at a time. At other times the flow comes for a few days and then stops, or teasingly runs for just an hour or two. My wife and I are getting grimier and smellier by the week, as is the house.
