The Cambridge Eye online newspaper has published an update on the drought situation.
Despite recent rainfall, the drought situation across the country remains “precarious,” according to the Environment Agency.
If England receives average winter rainfall (100% of the long-term average), most regions would recover from drought by March next year.
The exception is Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire, which are expected to remain in prolonged dry conditions.
The River Ivel, especially the upper reaches is impacted by drought. Before 2019, the upper Ivel had never run dry. But it has several times since! Lack of water within the Baldock Chalk Aquifer and over-abstraction by Affinity Water mean there is no longer enough groundwater to feed the headwaters of the River Ivel naturally at times of drought.
The full article is free to read here: https://mwilliamson.substack.com/p/flooding-in-parts-of-uk-but-drought?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=2064180&post_id=178734084&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=62oey0&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
