Telegraph: Low levels of summer rainfall and increasing demand for fresh water from towns and cities will leave rivers, reservoirs and underground aquifers unable to cope, the Environment Agency will warn in its Water Resources Strategy. Officials claim that many rivers in England and Wales will reduce in length by several miles during the summer months by 2050 as whole sections dry up. River flows across the country will be cut in half, while the west of the country could lose up to 80 …