Some water engineers in the UK still use divining rods to trace water leaks Alex Ramsay/Alamy
Thames Water and Severn Trent Water are still use dowsing rods to detect leaks despite scientific studies showing that the method is ineffective.
A 2017 investigation found that were regularly using water dowsing to detect leaks, that regulators should step in to stop the practice of “witchcraft” at customers’ cost.
Âé¶¹´«Ã½ has now found that, more than five years later, most of the 19 companies we asked say they have officially…



