Dowsers, or water witchers, claim that their divining rods cross over when the presence of water is detected below ground. Le Page asked Severn Trent why it was still using divining rods to find pipes when there was no evidence that it worked. You can find more information here: https://t.co/zQKlQGl6noLe Page then asked the other 11 water companies whether they were using water dowsing. Only one, Wessex Water, said it did not use divining rods, and one, Northern Ireland Water had yet to reply. “You’ll be just as likely to find water by going out and taking a good guess as you will by walking around with divining rods.”

Source: The Guardian November 21, 2017 17:01 UTC