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Sewage spreads as Britain’s privatised water authorities drain only our pockets
Household food waste at the at Bristol sewage treatment works in Avonmouth in 2014
THE prospectus for water and sewage services in England and Wales was clear and sparkling back in 1989.
The industry was to be privatised into the hands of 10 new business concerns.
This would bring private-sector managerial and entrepreneurial skills into the industry, we were told, along with other alleged benefits of competition.
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