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This is a project proposed by Thames Water to the City Council, aimed at combating the most severe drought in a century in the foggy land.
On May 18, Thames Water, responsible for supplying clean water to London and surrounding areas, proposed to the City Council a plan to transport massive ice blocks from the Arctic to provide additional water for the Thames River.
A representative from Thames Water stated that the company has considered several drought mitigation options, including artificial rainmaking. However, according to preliminary analysis, the plan to tow icebergs from the Arctic to the Thames River is highly feasible.
The Director of Thames Water indicated that in the event of a drought alarm, Thames Water along with clean water suppliers nationwide will mobilize large barges from Scotland and Norway to carry out this plan, following a route from the Arctic through the North Sea to the Thames River.
The option of transporting water via road and through the national water pipeline system was ruled out due to excessively high costs and insufficient capacity to address the severe water shortage currently affecting the Southeast region of England.
It is noted that an iceberg measuring 1,600 meters in length, 900 meters in width, and 800 meters in depth, if towed to the Thames, could provide 76 billion liters of freshwater, enough to supply 445,000 British households for a year.
