{"id":602229,"date":"2023-01-27T10:33:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-27T16:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sellorbuyhomefast.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/27\/two-of-the-uks-water-companies-are-still-using-dowsing-to-find-leaks\/"},"modified":"2023-01-27T10:33:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-27T16:33:00","slug":"two-of-the-uks-water-companies-are-still-using-dowsing-to-find-leaks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/27\/two-of-the-uks-water-companies-are-still-using-dowsing-to-find-leaks\/","title":{"rendered":"Two of the UK’s water companies are still using dowsing to find leaks"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Most UK water companies have dropped the scientifically discredited method of dowsing to find water leaks, but Thames Water and Severn Trent Water say they still use it<\/p>\n

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Some water engineers in the UK still use divining rods to trace water leaks<\/p>\n

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Thames Water and Severn Trent Water are still use dowsing rods to detect leaks despite scientific studies showing that the method is ineffective.<\/p>\n

A 2017 investigation found that 10 out of 12 water companies<\/a> were regularly using water dowsing to detect leaks, prompting criticism from some academics<\/a> that regulators should step in to stop the practice of \u201cwitchcraft\u201d at customers\u2019 cost.<\/p>\n

New Scientist<\/em> has now found that, more than five years later, most of the 19 \u2026<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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