Claims extracted
14
sentences that state something as happening or true
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0%
0 of 14 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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The government is urging people to save water as it warns action is needed to prevent severe drought conditions becoming "the new normal".
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conditions → publish → water
Water and flooding minister Emma Hardy told MPs current drought conditions "is something we have not experienced for decades" and urged people to "think about ways to use water wisely over the coming weeks".
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we → tell → weeks
Severe drought was declared across parts of southern England on Thursday after months of low rainfall.
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drought → declare → rainfall
Parts of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset, East Sussex and West Sussex are all affected by the move announced by the Environment Agency.
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Parts → affect → Agency
The government said supplies would not be interrupted but declaring severe drought would ensure "proactive steps are taken to safeguard water before any disruption occurs".
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disruption → say → water
Speaking in the House of Commons, Hardy said the measures were down to "exceptional low rainfall" and depleted reservoir levels.
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measures → speak → rainfall
"This has been the lowest rainfall in over a century," she said.
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she → say → century
Robbie Moore, shadow minister for environment, food and rural affairs, accused the government of being "slow to react" to the conditions.
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Moore → accuse → conditions
"This is the third drought in five years, it should not have caught the government off guard," he told MPs.
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he → catch → MPs
The latest figures, external for Wimbleball Reservoir on Exmoor show it is at 14.9% capacity, while Ardingly in West Sussex is 19.4% full.
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Ardingly → show → Sussex
Other major reservoirs are also low, including Roadford in Devon at 36.8%, Burrator at 33.6%, Colliford in Cornwall at 35% and Stithians at 21.9%.
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reservoirs → include → %
Wimbleball serves about 300,000 properties across east Devon, north Devon, Somerset, west Dorset and west Somerset, while Ardingly Reservoir supplies 280,000.
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Reservoir → serve → 280,000
As part of the severe drought conditions, water companies have been asked to conduct daily monitoring of these reservoir levels along with tougher monitoring of water quality.
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companies → ask → quality
The Environment Agency will also increase compliance checks on businesses withdrawing water from natural sources to ensure they only take permitted quantities.
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they → increase → quantities
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