The Joseph Rowntree Foundation published an interesting report about a week ago on vulnerability to drought and heatwaves. A couple of case studies are presented, one of them being about problems facing poorer households at a time when water costs are likely to rise. As you might expect, given the source of the report, there is a strong emphasis on social justice but the report does highlight the dichotomy that arises between the need to reduce water consumption and economic incentives to do that (e.g. rising block pricing) and the inability of poorer household to access water saving technologies or fiscal support. The concent of water poverty is thus brought to the fore.
It's worth a read.
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