thisiskent.co.uk: IN THE scorching summer of 1994 the River Darent ran dry in places. The environmental impacts of such an event occurring again are said to be far-reaching. Not only could hosepipe bans become a more common sight and, in extreme circumstances, domestic water turned off completely in favour of standpipes, the delicate bio-diversity of the Darent could be placed under huge threat. Drought is the other side of the coin to flooding brought about by climate change. But …