UK ministers explore raising price of water for some users amid shortages
Woodhead reservoir near Glossop, England, in August. Photograph: Oli Scarff/AFP/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenWoodhead reservoir near Glossop, England, in August. Some of these businesses, which include oil refineries, chemical plants and paper mills, face no requirements to cut their consumption.With the government committed to make England an AI superpower, there are also questions about where water-hungry datacentres will get their resources from.
- ▪Woodhead reservoir near Glossop, England, in August.
- ▪Photograph: Oli Scarff/AFP/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenWoodhead reservoir near Glossop, England, in August.
- ▪Some of these businesses, which include oil refineries, chemical plants and paper mills, face no requirements to cut their consumption.With the government committed to make England an AI superpower, there are also questions about where wate
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Woodhead reservoir near Glossop, England, in August. Photograph: Oli Scarff/AFP/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenWoodhead reservoir near Glossop, England, in August. Photograph: Oli Scarff/AFP/Getty ImagesWaterUK ministers explore raising price of water for some users amid shortagesEnvironment Agency says talks under way about increasing prices for industrial users to try to reduce poor water managementPippa Neill Environment reporterThu 10 Sep 2026 07.14 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleMinisters are exploring making water more expensive for some users, in the face of severe supply shortages.Despite the UK being a famously wet country, the precarious nature of the water supply has been made particularly acute this summer, with almost three-quarters of England and all of Wales in…
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