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Are We Running Out of Water? Episode 3

James Gallagher visits a town flooded in 2007 where people had to live without water for two weeks, he finds out how they coped and what is being done to prevent flooding today.

What’s it like when water no longer flows out of your tap? In this episode presenter James Gallagher visits Cheltenham in Gloucestershire where huge floods in 2007 engulfed a water works which left the town without running water for two weeks. He talks to people who lived through it, and finds out what scientists are doing to help prevent a similar flood happening in the future. And a water sommelier explains exactly why the taste of water changes in different parts of the country.

Presenter: James Gallagher

Producer: Alun Beach

Executive Producer: Martin Smith

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28 minutes

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Wed 19 Apr 2023 15:30
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