England’s highly paid water bosses rake it in from lucrative second jobs

A jetty beneath which raw sewage had been reportedly been discharged after heavy rain in Seaford, on the South Coast least week. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Some of the highly paid bosses of England’s water companies are earning tens of thousands of pounds in second boardroom jobs, advising on the pay deals of other top executives.

Five of the chief executives of England’s nine water and sewerage companies are also working as non-executive directors in other firms, sitting on remuneration committees.