On 21/07/2016 17:44, Capitol wrote:

Correction, at vast cost to the taxpayer. I am not aware of any
water company building new reservoirs in recent years, even though the
population is increasing rapidly. Some water companies are borrowing
money at 7% interest rates for no good reason. Companies should be
selling shares to raise capital, not taking out unnecessary loans.

If they are PLC then they do sell shares, and issue corporate bonds too.

However, many water companies in the UK have been sold to overseas
owners that are private companies without shareholders.