Parts of England face water shortages from heatwave
South East England experienced a water outage affecting more than 20,000 people, particularly in the town of West Stow. This was caused by an unprecedented heatwave that led to increased water demand and falling reservoir levels due to low rainfall in March and April. South East Water announced that the high temperatures had significantly increased water consumption, despite pumping an additional 100 million liters above the daily average to meet the demand.
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