London, Dec 19, 2024 (AFP) - The future of UK's indebted water supplier hangs in the balance

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Britain's largest water supplier Thames Water is set to find out Thursday whether the water regulator will permit it to massively hike customers' bills to fund improvements to its outdated infrastructure. The company -- mired by financial troubles -- warned this week that it would run out of cash by the end of March without new financing. It has proposed a 59 percent increase in bills over the next five years to finance what it says are "much nee......

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