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by oarabbus_ 1067 days ago
> The UK structures water provision as regional monopolies. This should be a hilarious joke but it's the reality. You can't change water company without living in a different region. There is no effective market competition for water provision in the UK.

This is how utilities/water work in the vast majority of the US. I’m unclear why you think this is strange? At the very least, it doesn’t explain the UK’s problems.