Very cool, if true

That's basically my view. I wanted to clarify the difference between eg Nestle extracting water in an irresponsible way or Walkerton where the untrained owners created and then attempted to cover up a major E-Coli outbreak, and the situation in the UK where both publically owned and private companies are highly regulated on quality, environmental impact and cost to their customers.

Either of the current UK models are also better than the previous systems where water treatment was run by local councils. That limited investment and innovation and the result was a much more polluted environment. There has been a massive improvement in river and beach water quality in England and Wales since 1991.