Water shortage

You've probabIy heard that the southeast is very short of water but did you know that we have had below arerage rainfall for 13 0ut of the last 15 months. This amounts to 70% of the normal amount 0f rain. The Environment Agency have urged the southeast water boards to enforce a hosepipe ban from March. They are also urging householders to minimise their use of water at home, by taking short showers, sharing baths etc...
This weeks New Scientist also covers the Water Shortage on a global scale. Apparently it takes 11,000 litres of water to produce a quarter pounder and 5000 litres to produce 1 kilo of cheese.