.... can't remember all the details, but we were living in St. Albans
('snorbens') up to 1998, and I certainly remember a lot of fuss around
96/97 about abstraction (Ver) - particularly the suspicion (I put it no
higher), that such was happening but was being denied! I still have
press cuttings from the time where Three Valleys are urging people to
conserve water, despite a wet June.

Martin.