GEOFFREY WAKEHAM considers how urban areas can have sufficient supplies of water and the rural landscapes are not deprived of such a fundamental resource. "ALMOST half of the population of England and Wales live in areas of water stress where supply might not keep up with demand ... many rivers, estuaries and aquifers are being drained to such a low level that there is a danger to wild life" -Sunday Telegraph 8-12-2008. IT seems unfair that the urban masses, some 72% of the population, should receive less than 14% of the annual rainfall in England and as individuals only have a twentieth of the land area to spread their sewage.
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