Can we please just not be fucking ripped off for once? Can we have ONE thing that doesn’t extort us?

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Water companies are forecasting an above-inflation rise in average household bills in April, drawing criticism from campaigners.

A host of companies were told by regulator Ofwat last year that they would have to limit rises owing to missing key targets on leakages, supply and reducing pollution.

More than a million households in England and Wales get cheaper bills through companies’ social tariff schemes, saving them an average of £151 last year.

Separately, Ofwat is considering proposals by water companies in England and Wales to increase bills by £156 a year by 2030 to pay for upgrades and reduce sewage discharges.

But Jim Wright, manager of the global infrastructure income fund at Premier Miton, suggested that even this increase might not be enough to upgrade the UK’s water and sewage systems.

Mr Wright acknowledged that customers would have to bear the brunt of the cost of improving Britain’s infrastructure, but said the average household is paying £1.29 a day for water and sewage services.

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This seems a little confusing to me.

They aren’t allowed to raise up rates too fast because they missed targets related to sewage and leaks.

But the only way for them to fix it is to spend more money on tackling sewage and leaks, which would come from raising rates.

There is definitely the argument that the dividends and bonuses should be used for this rather than raising rates, but that is different to preventing rate raising because service levels were too low.

Privatised water is stupid.

We’re literally handing wealthy owners free cash in return for them making the infrastructure and water ways worse.

Bring it back under state control.