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January
turned out to be a wet month, with rain and snow melt causing a
rapid recovery of water stocks across the region, with perhaps the
exception of parts of East Yorkshire where ground water levels are
still below normal.
The
recovery of reservoirs has been particularly impressive, and Yorkshire
water deserve credit for their unique underground system of water
pipes which allows water to be pumped around the region very easily.
Heavy
abstraction of water from rivers this winter has taken the stress
off the reservoir network and allowed stocks to recover more quickly
than they would have just a few years ago.
Indeed,
it is comforting to note that although 2003 was comparable to the
drought year of 1995, when our region almost ran out of water, water
stocks have proved to be much more resilient due largely to the
investment in the regions network.
February
statistics from Weston Park, Sheffield.
Rainfall
was less than average with most falling within the first week.
Indeed
the remainder of February turned out to be very dry, as high pressure
once again began to dominate the regions weather.
At
the end of the month, precipitation mainly fell as snow, lying to
a maximum depth of 7cm in Weston Park on the mornings of the 27th
and 28th.
Some
parts of the region had quite heavy snowfall with 25 level centimetres
on the North York moors during the last week.
Paul
Hudson
Feel
free to contact Paul by e-mail: look.north@bbc.co.uk.
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