We need new reservoirs – and it’s a job for the state, not private companies | Letters
David Griffiths says mayors could be empowered to build water infrastructure, while Kevin Whately suggests incorporating communal storage into new housing estatesPete Ford (Letters, 20 August) rightly reminds us that “The Victorians … built reservoirs, aqueducts and local water-storage infrastructure.” But who were these “Victorians”? Generally speaking, they were local councillors and their professional engineers.Taking my own town as an example, within 40 years of its incorporation as a borough in 1868 it had built five new reservoirs, as well…
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