WATER SUPPLIES IN BRITAIN

Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21510, 27 June 1935, Page 11

WATER SUPPLIES IN BRITAIN

NO FlvUt OF DROUGHT THIS VIC Afi MINI ST Kirs \ssr UAM'K ; n,; I i i ;if KII f\ M.f, i"'-) . i;, , (•, /•, (! June 2<). 7.~> p.m.) HL'GBY, June 25. Sir Kmyslev Wood (Minister ' ( >r tlcalth) .-peakin;; at. (lie Guildhall ni London, said there need be no anxiety about water supp'ies this year. Res>rvoir.s were nuw lull, and even with a dry summer '.here need be no .-ipprci tension in urban areas. Since Uh: war about £ in.OOO.UOO had been spent orj improving water conditions in rural areas, and there had been a recent additional fU'ant of Z 1,000,000 to assist scheme*.