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By RICHARD OSLEY
 
Hidden water supply will keep parks green all summer

PARKS in Camden have a reserve supply of water to ensure they stay green no matter how hot the summer.
The water has been tapped by drilling a giant bore-hole during the Swiss Cottage redevelopment.
It will be drawn on if water suppliers extend the current domestic ban on hosepipes to local authorities.
The supply crisis has not reached that stage yet and the parks departments was still using sprinkler systems this week.
The new bore-hole runs more than 100 metres underground to collect water that gathers naturally. Ironically, extra water is amassing below ground due to leaking Victorian pipes, currently being replaced by Thames Water.
A council spokesman confirmed yesterday (Wednesday) that the new supply at Swiss Cottage was exclusively for Camden.
He said: “It’s our bore-hole and there is a 10-year supply of water, approximately. At the moment the hosepipe ban is only for domestic use but if that changes then we can use water from the bore-hole.”
The Town Hall said it did not have a policy on sharing the water but would pass supplies onto hospitals in an emergency. A press official added: “If someone comes to us and says they are in desperate need of water and it is an emergency, we are not going to turn them away. Of course, we don’t know how it is going to work out. It might rain more and we might not need it.”
The Royal Parks Agency plans to drill a 130-metre bore-hole in Regent’s Park to provide water to keep it looking green.
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