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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Joe Hadden

Campaigners and industry respond to ‘once-in-a-generation’ water reform report

Dried outfield surrounds the pitches at Maidenhead and Bray Cricket Club, Bray, Berkshire, England (Jonathan Brady/PA) - (PA Wire)

Environmental campaigners and consumer groups have offered sharply contrasting responses to a landmark report calling for an overhaul of the water industry in England.

Mike Keil, chief executive of the Consumer Council for Water (CCW), said public trust in water companies had been “drained” by poor environmental performance and wider service failures.

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