Privatisation, water poverty and leaks | Letters
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Emanuele Lobina makes the case for public ownership of the water industry, while Peter Simpson of Anglian Water defends the privatised company's record on reducing leaks
Nils Pratley (Labour's water renationalisation plan is a damp squib, 17 May) argues that there is no need to renationalise water because regulation is enough to tame the monopolistic behaviour of the private operators. This argument is not convincing when you look at the experience with water privatisation since 1989.
Related: 'Water poverty' to rise in the UK as scarcity pushes up bills
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