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drought
Reservoirs in southern England operate at 16-19% capacity after the driest April-September in over a century, with severe drought in six regions but no approved business water bans.
heatwaves
UK systems lacked capacity to handle two heatwaves, producing thousands of deaths and emergency water measures.
Yorkshire Water
Yorkshire Water manages 120 reservoirs, most built by Victorian city corporations or in the post-war reconstruction era. Thruscross was constructed in the 1960s. Grimwith was expanded in 1982. Then, shortly after water privatization in 1989, construction simply stopped.