David Lloyd Owen - L’eau revoir: after 25 years, France is leaving the UK regulated water sector.
- From: Vol 12, Issue 12 (December 2011)
- Category: Analysis
- Region: Europe
- Country: France and United Kingdom
- Related Companies: Essex & Suffolk Water, Northumbian Water, Ofwat, Suez, Veolia and Veolia Environnement (formerly Vivendi Environnement)
Veolia’s timing for its exit of the UK regulated water sector – in the same week as David Cameron’s veto of the EU financial stability pact – is intriguing.
Whoever acquires Veolia Environnement’s water-only companies is acquiring a lot of history. Friern Barnet used to be a rural parish to the north of London. In Barnet Common, a spring was found in 1652 and visited by Samuel Pepys in 1664 (he drank five glasses before setting off for home). As the population grew, so did concerns about London ...
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