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•New commission may ban English water companies from making a profit
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Idea is one of the options being considered by a new commission set up by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs .
Sources said they would consider forcing the sale of water companies to firms that would run them as not-for-profits.
Unlike under nationalisation, the company would not be run by the government but by a private company, run for public benefit.
The nonprofit model is widely used in other European countries.
Ofwat will make final decision for how much water bills can rise on 19 December .
Final decision made in July said the average bill could rise 21% a year.
Prime minister’s spokesperson said: “Clearly no one wanted to see a situation where water bills are rising”.
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