Fund Britain’s Waterways has flagged a BBC News report on the drought threat to canals in the West Midlands, and made the point that the problem is not confined to one region.
The post
On 28 July the campaign shared the BBC News article “West Midlands canal users worried by drought threat” on X, with a short comment: the problem is much wider than the West Midlands and is affecting waterways across the country. A dry summer means low water levels, and low water levels mean restrictions and closures — boaters kept off stretches of canal, and the businesses that rely on a working network losing trade. You can see the original post on the Fund Britain’s Waterways X account.
Why it matters
Fund Britain’s Waterways is a coalition of more than 160 organisations speaking up for the hundreds of thousands of people who use and love Britain’s canals and rivers. Its argument is a simple one: the network needs sustainable, long-term government funding to keep it open and safe. Drought is one more strain on a system that is already short of the money it needs for basic maintenance and repair, and every dry summer shows how little slack is left in it.
If you would like to help, sign the petition at change.org and share it using #FundBritainsWaterways.
