Water from Lincolnshire will be transported to drier parts of the country to keep the taps running over the next few decades. Anglian Water has shared how it plans to meet demand as drier weather and new take effect.

A new reservoir could be built in the county, and work is underway on a pipeline over 200 miles long. The utility company says the county’s extra water will be shared with other parts of its region, which stretches as far as Essex and Buckinghamshire.

warned earlier this year: “Rapid population growth, crumbling infrastructure that has been left to decline, and a warming climate mean the UK could run out of clean drinking water by the middle of the next decade without a major infrastructure overhaul.”

Under its Water Resources Management Plan, Anglian Water is looking at ho

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