Good morning.
For the last few years, the water industry has faced growing criticism over everything from increasingly common hosepipe bans to dumping sewage in England’s waterways. Thames Water is the biggest water company in the UK and it is facing a particularly acute crisis after its chief executive, Sarah Bentley, suddenly resigned with no explanation and reports began appearing that the government and regulators had started to draft contingency plans for the potential collapse of the water provider after concerns grew about its ballooning £14bn debt pile.
