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MR. H. U. WILLINK, Minister of Health, in a statement in the House of Commons on February 10, said that the Government proposes as part of its general reconstruction programme to introduce legislation making possible further Exchequer assistance for the extension of piped water supplies in rural localities. This will apply also to sewerage in such areas. A White Paper is in preparation outlining the Government's general proposals with regard to water; these will include provision for an adequate scientific assessment of resources and for the control and co-ordination of their use and distribution. It is hoped to issue the White Paper about the same time as the introduction of the Bill. It will deal with schemes on national lines.
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Water Resources of Great Britain. Nature 153, 219 (1944). https://doi.org/10.1038/153219a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/153219a0