11.   It also called on the government to protect the authority from financial difficulties if, as seems likely, the water companies will seek compensation for loss of supplies.

12.   Water companies in many EC countries have been campaigning for a review of standards, arguing that many are unnecessary and expensive to implement.

13.   The owner of a private beach in southwestern England is suing the local water company for causing the contamination of his land.

14.   Police investigating the disapearance of Thames water company Chairman Sir Roy Watts are following up a number of possible sightings.

15.   Villagers blame the water company for pumping out too much.

16.   The water companies are heaving a sigh of relief.

17.   Progress had been held up due to a national dispute involving water companies.

18.   It would bring fewer gains to the likes of water companies, which suffer high rates of effective taxation through ACT because capital allowances reduce their mainstream tax bills.

19.   Gareth Jones, director of science and quality, for the water company says the CandP product is the ideal short-term solution to sewage problems.

20.   Also declining were shares of companies the government once owned but that the Conservatives sold off -- railroads, water companies, power companies and other utilities.