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Birmingham's water table is rising to dangerous levels and the city is at risk of being submerged under regular floods unless urgent action is taken, business leaders warned.
Experts said the growing threat was a result of a combination of climate change and the decline of manufacturing which for generations kept water levels under control by extracting huge quantities from the ground to power industry.See the full content of this document
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Major Flooding Threatens City As Water Table Rises
A leading environmental surveyor described the situation as a "disaster waiting to happen" while business leaders from across the region called for an immediate...
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