victorian water mains, victorian sewers, leaking and not good enough for the 21st century
its a good job the hundreds if not thousands of other european cities, didn't get sanitation and water supply at the same time as us, otherwise they'd 'ave the same problems
this simple incentive would encourage water companies to up their game;
I'll use simple figures as an example
the average persons consumption is 1 litre per year
the average persons bill is £1.00 per year
therefore the average cost is £1.00 per year for 1 litres consumption
if the water companies lose 10 litres per year, then they should pay for the use/loss/consumption of that water, at the average cost, in this case £10.00
and while we're at it apply the same maths to thames waters continual pollution of the thames, in a bad year its up to 96 biliion litres of untreated sewage and storm water