Heatwave: 13 rivers in England at lowest level ever recorded as nation suffers from crippling drought
Thirteen rivers in England are at their lowest ever recorded levels, officials say, as the nation suffers from its driest July in nearly 90 years.
As authorities declared a drought across swathes of England, a report by the Environment Agency found that monthly mean river flows last month fell at most of the sites it monitors compared with June.
The state of Britain’s waterways has increasingly alarmed environmentalists, with water companies extracting water from chalk streams and discharging sewage into rivers.
Most of England’s rivers were classed as notably low for July, and more than a quarter were classed as exceptionally low for the time of year.
Reservoir stocks also fell last month at all reservoirs the Environment Agency reports on.
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