January to July were England’s driest six months since 1976.
The National Drought Group (NDG) has told UK citizens to make “simple every day choices” to save water, including deleting online files to lessen the strain on data centres, which are cooled with water.
Drought
The NDG includes government representatives, farmers, environmental experts, and water companies.
This week, it said England is experiencing a “nationally significant” s water shortage, with river and reservoir levels having declined over summer.
Five regions in England are in drought.
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The Bureau of Meteorology defines drought as a “prolonged, abnormally dry period when the amount of available water is insufficient to meet our normal use.”
Advice
The NDG told people in England to use less water by “turning off a tap or deleting old emails.”
The body recommended deleting old emails and pictures because data centres’ cooling systems use significant amounts of water to keep the technology from over-heating.
Data centres can use millions of litres of water each year.
The NDG also asked people to take shorter showers and turn off the tap when shaving or brushing their teeth.
