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Mr. Gordon Prentice
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what estimates he has made of the likely cost of constructing a water grid in Great Britain. [6420]
Mr. Clappison
The National Rivers Authority's discussion document "Water Resources Development Strategy" estimates that the capital cost of a water grid to meet additional demands of 2,000 m1/d would be several billion pounds.