> [England] While famously rainswept

I think you mean stereotypically rainswept. 25m people, >40% of England, live around London where it actually doesn't rain very much at all.

> The UK is one of the rainier places in Europe

Yeah, that includes Wales, Scotland and NI, where it really does rain all the bloody time.

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psd1 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

Sure, the SE isn't the rainiest place in Europe, but it's not a dry region. So sure, not "very" rainy, but somewhat rainy.

The rain that falls across the Thames basin has historically been distributed relatively evenly across months, compared to regions with monsoon seasons. That makes management easier.

I do expect supply to meet current demand. And afaics, it would, if the pipes didn't leak.

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foofoo12 4 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

There's this joke that in Scotland, if you can see the mountain tops then it's about to rain. If you can't then it's raining already.

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BouffantJoe 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

25m is too high. London is 9m, South East England is 9.5 million

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walthamstow 4 days ago | parent [-]

I included the East of England region which includes home counties like Beds, Herts and Essex. Any measure of "around London" must include Essex, surely.

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alt227 4 days ago | parent [-]

IMO 'around London' is Greater London. If you mean the whole South East of England, then say that.

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walthamstow 4 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Anyone local would not think a number of 25m pop was referring to Greater London.

South East England is a defined statistical region, using it like that could be confusing

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alt227 4 days ago | parent [-]

> Anyone local would not think a number of 25m pop was referring to Greater London.

Which is why we are picking you up on saying the area 'around London' has that population. I could also say that the enirety of Europe is 'around London'. Its ambiguous at best and has no real meaning.

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		Who is we? BouffantJoe understood perfectly fine that SE England is part of "around London" > Its ambiguous at best and has no real meaning. You're miles from the point, which was that much of England lives in the driest corner, which is relevant for water infra. Did you understand that from what I wrote?

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dontlaugh 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

"Greater London" is London to anyone in the UK, for the most part.