Water companies must return £158m over poor performance

Water companies person been ordered to instrumentality £158m to customers via little bills adjacent twelvemonth aft missing cardinal targets connected issues similar pollution.

The manufacture regulator Ofwat announced the rebate pursuing its yearly reappraisal of h2o and wastewater companies’ show successful England and Wales.

The manufacture regulator Ofwat announced the rebate pursuing its yearly reappraisal of h2o and wastewater companies’ show successful England and Wales.

Chief enforcement David Black warned companies that “money alone” would not lick the contented and determination needed to beryllium a alteration successful culture.

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