Rain pours down in UK.

[catwhoorg]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

ORIGINAL: catwhoorg

Not that bizzare at all, there just isn't the reservoir capacity* to cope with the water demand for an extended period.

If it doesn't rain, they start emptying.

*The North East aside. Keilder, Cow Green and Derwent were build to serve the demands of water intensive heavy industry, that isn't there anymore. The increase in domestic use pales by comparison.

warspite1

Its pretty bizarre when Somerset is a giant lake, ground water levels are full to bursting, and just about every river seems to be bursting its banks...

But it all runs off. Unlike a lot of other nations, the geology doesn't give us large aquifers which replenish and 'store' water under ground. Its almost all on the surface.

[ironduke1955]

What about all that rain in England wet or what. Huge sink holes opening up. I hear one of those climate change denying types fell down the hole. He just said its not happening so he's fine.

[Mobeer]

ORIGINAL: Orm
Is it often draught in England? I thought it always rained some during the summer and rained plenty during the winter.

Rainfall varies a lot across the UK. There are some areas, particularly in the Southeast and especially Folkestone & Dover, which are vary dry and more densely populated than average.

Most of the long term scenarios for rainfall I have heard from water companies suggest that average annual conditions may not change much, but hidden in the average is an expected increase in variations from the average, which will make such generalisations less accurate.