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Sat 01 Jan 2010Water pressure
When asked to conserve water, the public panicked and used more – and the leaking infrastructure couldn’t cope. Is it time to pay the price, asks FRANK McDONALD, Environment Editor
WE TAKE water so much for granted as one of nature’s gifts that there is almost nothing more frustrating than turning on a tap to find it sputtering and then going dry. Yet that is what thousands of people experienced over the past week as we discovered we’re now in the grip of a water crisis.
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