Outages in Kent and Sussex this week became the latest in a long list of breakdowns in the UK’s creaking water system. Harry Cockburn asks how Britain can solve its utilities crisis
  • CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Public water: Fees + tax grant = budget

    Private water: Fees + tax grant - profit = budget

    Seems pretty fucking simple to me, Thatcher.

    (Tax grant: government support, which may or may not be applicable to all scenarios.)