§ 71. Mr. O'Halloranasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement on the expected demands for water in the Greater London area during the next 10 years.
§ Mr. Eldon GriffithsSurveys of needs are based on river basin and statutory water undertakers' areas rather than on local government boundaries; but, taking estimates for the Metropolitan Water Board as typical, the public water supply demand in the Greater London area might grow from about 485 million gallons a day in 1971 to about 530 million gallons a day in 1981.