Soft-water areas include Scotland ... The most populated parts of the UK, which include the South East, East England, the M4 ...

About half of households in England and Wales have a water meter, so they only pay for the amount they ... Elsewhere, water from rivers and burns is also vital to Scotland's agricultural sector. Soft ...

Soft water contains lower levels of calcium and magnesium. Scotland, west Wales, Cornwall and northern England are areas that get soft water – but some people living in hard-water areas install ...

The South and East of England have the hardest water in ... The study defined soft to moderately hard water as between zero and 120mg calcium carbonate per litre of water, and found it to ...

Much of England and Wales could face serious water shortages next year unless there is significant rainfall over the winter months, the Environment Agency warned. The recent wet weather has done ...

Firms were collectively set a target of a 40% reduction in pollution incidents but instead recorded a 30% increase, Surfers Against Sewage said Water companies in England recorded 2,487 pollution ...