WATER companies in the region are using divining rods to locate underground water pipes, an Oxford University scientist has established. Sally Le Page, an evolutionary biologist at Oxford University, ...

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Thames Water is still using the ancient dowsing method to hunt for leaks, despite scientists saying it doesn’t work. The company, which services nearly 15million homes, has admitted some of their ...

Divining rods are still being used by water companies to locate underground pipes in the UK despite there being no scientific evidence that this archaic method works, an Oxford University scientist ...

Updated 7 a.m. Wednesday Most of the major water companies in the United Kingdom use dowsing rods — a folk magic practice discredited by science — to find underwater pipes, according to an Oxford Ph.D ...

Water companies are still using divining rods to find underground pipes despite no evidence that it actually works. Oxford University scientist Sally Le Page said a technician called to her parents’ ...

The process of using divining rod has been in use for hundreds of years Water companies are using divining rods to find underground pipes despite there being no scientific evidence they work, an ...

Water company engineers are using divining rods to help tackle leaks and beat the drought in the South East. Southern Water said divining is used by some of its crews, although modern electrical ...

Divining rods are still being used by water companies to locate underground pipes in the UK despite there being no scientific evidence that this archaic method works, an Oxford University scientist ...