A new survey has found that while Germany might be a fairly rainy and wet place, but water in the country is more expensive than anywhere else on the planet.
At 1.50 pounds per 1000 litres, prices are four times as much as in America, and twice as much as in parched Australia.
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"We have masses of water. It's just that the water companies let everything leak into the rivers. Germans are being ripped off because our politicians are useless. Everything has been run wrong for 20 years," the Telegraph quoted one reader, as stating in Die Welt newspaper.
The survey was produced by energy consultants NUS, which monitors electricity, gas, oil and water prices every quarter.
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Waterborne diseases are communicable diseases caused by diseases causing microorganisms in contaminated water. It is more prevalent during floods and in tsunami affected areas.
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"In the UK it seems to be constantly raining and yet the reservoirs seem to dry out so quickly. You have towns flooded the whole time and yet hosepipe bans are in force," he said.
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NUS puts high water prices in Germany down to the fact that rates are controlled at local level, with cities keen to cash in on water to fund other projects.
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Even low-level exposure to arsenic in drinking water appears to be associated with increased prevalence of type 2 diabetes, researchers said in a study published Tuesday.
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