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Water, water–and sewage–everywhere

‘15 million customers expect and deserve a proper response’

WHERE have all the showers gone? That gentle rain that was once the mark of the English summer has been almost entirely replaced by tropical downpours. Last week, a month’s worth of rain fell in less than a day in London’s St James’s Park. Britain may not have suffered

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