Peterborough, UK -- (SBWIRE) -- 08/19/2014 -- Water companies across the country have issued warnings over the government’s plans to allow shale gas exploration across half of the UK’s mainland, much is which is valuable farmland.

Water UK, the organisation that represents the UK’s major water companies, has warned that new licensing would pose a threat unless carefully planned and carried out. The group warned that the incredibly water-intensive fracking process could aggravate water shortages in certain areas, such as the South East of England.

Peterborough-based plastic water tank specialist, Enduramaxx, empowers farmers across the country to control their own water supplies. The company supplies rainwater harvesting systems in the form of vertical storage tanks that collect large volumes of rainwater run-off. The threats to British farming water supplies are prompting more and more farms to install such rainwater tank systems. With impending controls on river extraction, forthcoming water reforms for farming and increases in mains water supply pricing expected, the potential risk from fracking adds to this already troubling list of concerns.

Opponents of fracking argue that the process, which involves shooting high-pressure water, sand and chemicals into shale rock formations, has serious implications for water and air pollution, public health and in agricultural areas, the soil quality, as well as the potential aggravation to water supplies.

About Enduramaxx
The Enduramaxx range of rainwater tanks includes vertical storage tanks and horizontal storage tanks up to 30,000 litres Iitres in capacity. Made form a single piece of rotationally-moulded UV-stabilised polyethylene, the tanks are very robust and store water at optimum conditions until required.

To find out more about the Enduramaxx range of rainwater tanks and other tanks for farming applications, including conical tanks and cone bottom tanks, visit:
www.enduramaxx.co.uk

Contact:

Enduramaxx
Outgang Road
The Fen
Baston
PE6 9PT

Tel: 0800 840 4030
Fax: 01778 560942

Email: sales@enduramaxx.co.uk
Web: www.enduramaxx.co.uk