this Environment Agency United Kingdom (EA, English) recommended to the public be “less worried” about drinking residual drinking water in the future, as a precaution to deal with drought.
This is one of the recommendations made by EA CEO James Bevan.for both the British and the Government and the water companies, after one of the driest summers in the country’s history.
According to the manager, “Part of the solution is through the “reprocessing” of water from “residual treatments” that is converted into “completely safe and healthy drinking water”, Despite admitting that “it’s not something that many people like”.
In an article by the ‘Sunday Times’, Bevan argues that this measure “will not be popular“, as can be seen from the reactions detected on social networks, but insisted “You need to change the way you think about water.”
“We must remember where it came from: What comes out of the river, lake, aquifer when we turn on the faucet?. “The more we take, the more we deplete those resources and put pressure on nature and wildlife,” he explained.
“An unfree resource”
His news came after the British Government’s decision on 12 August. drought situation in parts of south-west, south, central and east England, in the absence of rain and prolonged high temperatures.
And last Friday, Six water companies have received an order in Wales and the south of England to ban the use of hoses to irrigate gardens or wash cars. due to the low levels of rivers and reservoirs.
In this context, Bevan, who has been the head of EA since 2015, He urged London’s government to show “political will” to make changes in its administrationas well as citizens, especially with regard to the problem of residual water.
“We must treat the water as it is a valuable resource, a commodity that is not free. We will need to be more selective about the use we give to drinking water. “There’s no point in using it to water the garden or wash the car,” he said.