QUOTE (On the edge @ Jul 13 2011, 08:47 PM)
Immense addition - ha ha ha ha! This was a money grabbing scam right from the start when it was left out of the privatisation. You name me one other networked utility that gets away with this.
Thames Water reckon this will add around 40,000 miles of lateral drains to the 67,000 miles they currently maintain - a pretty immense addition in my book.
QUOTE (On the edge @ Jul 13 2011, 08:47 PM)
Good news that the Government are making the water monopoly do the job they are paid for.
On the contrary the goverment is, in effect, contacting the water companies to do additional work and paying for it by allowing them to charge all sewer users for it, regardless of whether they use a shared sewer or not.
As one of many who does not even have the option of mains drainage I shall watch my water bills with interest in the hope that I will not have to pay a penny extra for this.