This is Chennai India’s fourth largest city Last year, it ran out of water Queues stretched for hours. Restaurants closed This is Day Zero And London could be next

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Demand for water in London could outstrip supply this year. Granted, that seems a little far-fetched given the capital’s global reputation for drizzle and gloom, but it is a calculation made by Thames Water itself, so it is pretty tough to brush off. The water firm’s planning documents say Londoners can look forward to demand for drinking water outstripping supply by somewhere between 24 million and 174 million litres every day at some undefined point this year, with the gap widening to 263Ml/d by 2024/25 and cleaving into a dusty chasm of up to 773Ml/d by the end of the century.