POLICE are cracking down after a spate of thefts of hot-water tanks and copper cisterns from empty ... properties in the area and sold on for scrap, often for around £50 a time.

A man is due in court accused of stealing a copper water tank from his own council flat and selling it for scrap. The tenant, 38, who has not been named by police, was arrested by officers during a ...

Ms Dwyer expressed concerns that the water tank would be sold for its copper. “They’re almost definitely going to destroy it for scrap metal,” she said. “Much more value as a water tanker ...

The bacteria that can thrive in water tanks and the toxic metal traces that can be found in roof runoff prompts experts, such as Michael Oelgemoeller a water treatment researcher from James Cook ...