When Margaret Thatcher announced water privatisation there was zero debt, the combined debt of the water companies in now,£60 billion and rising. Thames carry the most debt amongst the companies, Ofwat are toothless if not complicit in this, one major investor in Thames water were McQuarrie who were actually taking more in dividends than the company were making in profits. Parliament sat on their hands doing nothing.

The companies continuously try passing the buck and insist the only way to make the system better is higher bills whilst the service had never been worse with water not being fit to drink in some places, sewage spills on the up yet again. If an industrial company pollute the waterway they end up in court, water companies seem to be immune from prosecution, yes they've been fined but we ultimately pick up the cost via our bills. Get the shareholders and CEOs in court, charge them as well as the companies it may have the desired affect.