Water and Houses

There are currently comments being made about anticipated water shortages. This may be a real expectation, but is it preparing the ground for raised tariffs? The known problem of damaged pipework has to be paid for and the amount of wasted water is enormous (apparently).

Government proposals to increase the number of houses built in the next 12 months will already place a heavy demand on existing sewers. A great deal of additional underground work will need to be undertaken to match such proposed building. The situation suggests too many houses and an inadequate capacity to deal with waste. An infrastructure issue. Who pays? Is all the new capacity to be subsidised by other homeowners?

Rainfall will be low and so won't place a demand on sewerage, but then again: water shortages will justify restrictions/price increases. How does an increased price create extra rainfall?