Water relief

sir – In 1995, in response to a drought, Yorkshire Water transported water into the county by road. It was a public relations disaster and led to the resignation of the then chief executive – which might explain the reluctance of southern water companies (Letters, November 15) to take up the idea. Ben Whitley

Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire

sir – In the North West of England we have an excess of water and would welcome the construction of one or more aqueducts to send it to the parched South East. Geoff Snape

Blackburn, Lancashire