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Well, if the shareholders are going to do that, it's going to have to ultimately come out of higher water fees. What is Thames Water charging today?
googles
https://www.thameswater.co.uk/media-library/home/help/billing-and-account/understand-your-bill/charges-2021/charges-scheme-2021-22.pdf
It looks like there's a small (~20 pound) fixed annual fee per household to pay for infrastructure. The variable cost appears to be 149.62 pence per cubic meter.
I wonder how that compares to over here in the States?
The exchange rate is about 1.26 USD = 1 GBP. A cubic meter of water is 264 gallons. So that's about $0.00714/gal in variable costs.
googles
https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/water-prices-by-state
Okay, so 30 days in a month, 400 gallons, 12,000 gallons/month/household...so even discounting their small fixed fee, Thames Water customers are paying the equivalent of about $85/month, which is higher than 49 out of 50 US states, albeit not radically so.
A quick Google suggests the average Brit uses about 145 litres of water per day (various studies suggesting between 135 and 150), or 39 US gallons.