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The water industry prepares to bring the benefits of competition to customers in England and Wales

02 Mar 2000 United Kingdom 1 min read

Ian Byatt announced on 1st March that the industry has successfully drawn up principles that would govern access by third parties to a company's network, also known as common carriage.

(Ofwat Press Release PN 07/00)

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