Water

• London, Birmingham, and the east of England are all areas of water deficit
• The Lake District, Manchester, Liverpool, Wales, and Cornwall all have water surplus
• 80% of English rivers have 'good' water quality
• Water quality can be improved by regulating what factories are able to empty into rivers and what they have to do with different types of waste
• Banning the use of chemicals and pesticides that could lower water quality is another way to improve the quality of water
• Networks of dams, reservoirs, and aqueducts can transport water across the UK
• Manchester gets water from the Lake District, Birmingham gets water from Wales, London gets its water from the River Thames upstream of Teddington