In uk.sci.weather on Sat, 8 Nov 2003 at 08:44:09, Paul Hyett wrote :

This is a good indicator of how far the water table in the chalk of the
Chiltern Hills must have dropped ... especially notable because it
follows the unprecedentedly high water table of 2001, and also
bearing in mind that much less water is extracted from the chalk via
artesian wells these days compared with 30 or 40 years ago.

Tiny though it is, the river Chelt never seems to completely dry up, not
even in 1976.

One thing that *has* dried up though, according to the local paper, is
our Spa water!
--
Paul Hyett, Cheltenham

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