Summary
The current water situation in the United Kingdom is alarming. Many environmental experts claimed that the country of England will be running out of water in next thirty years by 2050. Current Water Situation in UK. Droughts and floods become frequent events recurring in the UK under influence of Climate change and exacerbated by continue expanding human population. With many industries and businesses promising to fixing all the pipes and reduce leakage by 50% by 2050. Environmental agencies expressed their concerns on this plan this plan, it may be too late and not very effective, especially with ongoing human interferences. Thus, the idea of building canals in the United Kingdom, provide sufficient water by bringing water resources from wet north to dry south. In 2014, after Mr. Johnson championed, he decided to accept this challenge — to quench the thirst in the United Kingdom, managing canals and natural rivers would provide multiple benefits that can secure the country’s future, for example, irrigation, domestic water use, industrial, and a broad range of ecological services. He proposed that to solve this water shortage requires building a vast canal between the UK and Scotland. However, this project was no longer supported by the country’s situation, considering the financial feasibility.
Nonetheless, knowing the water situation is very urgent across the nation, actions need to take place to prevent water supply become an issue in the future.The idea of the Grand Contour Canal inspired many of the company, it was proposed in 1943 intended to upgrade the British canal system. The design of this large European sized canal contains no lock except entry and exist. But without practical solution, the project did not work out. In our report on Canal construction in the United Kingdom. There are three routes designed to provide the maximum services to the people in UK as well as promoting the waterway freight back to the nation.
There are about 4,700 miles of navigable canals and rivers already existed in the United Kingdom; 2,700 miles of these are part of the connected system. Our goal id to find the best way to connect the rest of the waterways and boost the efficiency of water delivery across the nation.
Route 1: Hertford to Cambridge, which has total length of 30 miles. Expected to cost at least $1362535059.
Route 2: Port of Immingham, total estimated length from Immingham to Lincoln should be about 30 miles. Expected to cost $1362535059 at the of the project, speaking conservatively.
Route 3: connecting the River Ouse in Bedford to the Grand Union Canal in Milton Keynes, this would provide the shortest and least expensive canal project, with only about 17 miles and cost about $772084385.8 roughly speaking.
Based on many of the prior research, many studies have suggested that water transportation has a modest influence on air quality, Water transport emits considerably less pollution than trucks and is equivalent to, or less than, rail, depending on topography, route, and other factors. These new canals would bring plenty of new employment to the area, as well as many of other advantages, such as irrigation, hydroelectric power generation, increasing biodiversity, etc. There will be job opportunities for those who build it, as well as ports and restaurants along the way, as well as opportunities for those who manage it.
There are also many factors need to be considered before we actually start the project. As we studied the world’s famous canals, we saw the construction of the canal is very complex and need excellent technologies and engineering. The environmental is most vulnerable to the human activities. The construction often results water, air, habitat pollution, and sometime irreversible. This also means that the cost after canal construction is remain questioned. The government and lead agency that sponsored the canal project would have to be in charge of taking care of these potential issues, which may deteriorate country’s financial pressure and create housing issue.
At the end of the report, I had also introduced some of the organizations and people that supports the canal reservation, these people believe that protecting canals and building canals can always server as positive and they are willing to get more people involved and join their team to expand the influence to preserve and improve the network for future generations.