Residents turn to the tap for drinking water

People in Bath are drinking more tap water now than they did 10years ago, a survey has revealed.

Claverton Down-based Wessex Water questioned hundreds of itscustomers and found nearly seven in ten people reckoned they nowdrank more water than they did a decade ago.

However, the survey suggested almost three-quarters of thosetaking part were still not drinking enough.

The World Health Organisation recommends that women should drink2.2 litres of water a day while men should drink 2.9 litres -although it says the amount varies depending on factors such asclimate, activity level and diet.

Wessex Water spokeswoman Clare-Marie Dobing said: "It isencouraging …