Britain's Water Woes: A Bottomless Source of Funding? The announcement that Ofwat has given provisional approval for five water companies to increase household bills by £3.
4 billion by 2030 has reignited a long standing debate about the UK's water industry.
Andy Burnham, the Mayor of Greater Manchester, expressed his outrage at this proposal, accusing water companies of treating customers like "a bottomless source of funding for other people's failures.