to think the water companies need to buck their ideas up

[JenniferBooth]

SE water failures yet again. Even had the temerity to write to customers to tell them to be extra careful with their usage. I come under Anglian Water and we had three burst pipes in this part of Essex last week . I heard that my hairdresser had to empty her emersion tank so she could wash clients hair. She couldnt rebook because she is fully booked. Bad enough there is an aversion to air con in this country but now we are begrudged running water in a heatwave too.

No it's unlikely they would have got a bill, we tie ourselves in knots to avoid bad publicity. We've had customers contaminate their own and neighbours pipework tipping motor oil into road drains, and we paid them all compensation for the fact we had to turn their water off for a day to replace all the contaminated pipes.

The Water Companies have taken and distributed any profits without investing in infrastructure. Sometimes they have applied to build reservoirs but NIMBYs have blocked the planning.

There's been water ads on here.
Population growing... Causes problems with electric and water and presumably every service humans need.

Too many people.
Stop building more homes and stop importing people.