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Bathing with a Friend - The Drought of 1976 (2018x90)
Ausstrahlung: Apr 07, 2018
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Water was in short supply in England during the summer of 1976. Officials understood as early as September 1975 that water levels would be low the next year thanks to 1975 being the fifth driest year of the 20th century in the region.
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Sources:
http://www.nerc.ac.uk/press/releases/2013/39-forest/
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/graemearcher/100151548/drought-the-summer-of-1976-was-glorious/
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/drought-of-1976-brought-standpipes-and-shared-baths-478513.html
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2006/may/17/water.ethicalliving
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/special_report/1998/water_week/66193.stm
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http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/feb/17/fears-drought-summer-1976
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standpipe_(street)
http://www.metric-conversions.org/length/millimeters-to-inches.htm
Image Credit:
https://www.bigstockphoto.com/ru/image-201549955/stock-photo-soil%2C-dry-soil-background-cracked-soil-background-soil-text
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