Regulator blasts water companies for winter leak failings

Regulator Ofwat has criticized water providers Thames Water, South East Water, Southern Water and Severn Trent for their poor handling of water supplies during the 'Beast from the East' earlier this year. The regulator said that over 0.2m people in England and Wales, including customers of FTSE-listed Severn Trent, were left without access to water for over four hours when pipes froze and burst in March, with some customers left without water for over a week. Almost three quarters of those ...

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