Jonathan Stott wrote:
nguk wrote:

*Cough* National Grid.... all that water surelly we could transport it
by big water piping


Sadly that requires a lot of digging.


Isn't there an underused canal network between 'Oop North and the South?
High evaporation rates in summer, granted - but could be used to
transfer water top to bottom in wintertime I would have thought.
Then just use piping between a suitable takeoff point and
reservoirs/distribution points.