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English water system singled out for criticism by UN special rapporteur

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Prof Pedro Arrojo-Agudo said water systems should be managed as a publicly owned service.

He said the regulator Ofwat had shown a complacent attitude towards the financial systems of private water firms.

The environment secretary, Steve Reed , has rejected calls to take industry back into public ownership.

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87

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86

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82

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semi-formal

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English

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73

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