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- UK ministers warned south-west England reservoirs could run dry within weeks, prompting emergency Cobra talks.
- Wimbleball reservoir sits at 13 % capacity, serving over 400,000 people.
- South West Water fixed 440 leaks and moves three million litres daily.
- Environment Agency reduced releases by three million litres at Ardingly and nine million litres at River Exe.
- Halsall said standpipes could appear on British streets for the first time in half a century.