Drought Myths
Below are statements that refer to common misconceptions and water myths.
- Water is infinite and free
- Britain is wet: droughts don’t happen
- Drought only occurs in the summer, when it’s hot
- Drought is when rivers and reservoirs run dry
- Rain spells the end of drought
- All droughts finish with heavy rainfall
- Floods and droughts cannot occur at the same time
- Droughts are short term problems
- If you cannot see impending drought, there is no risk or impact
- Drought happens in other countries
- Costs of flooding are greater than drought
