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Number of burst mains 'not normal' - water bosses say
BBC News
Thames Water says many plastic pipes are failing decades earlier than they were designed for.
Thames Water Utilities Ltd, known as Thames Water, is a British private utility company responsible for the water supply and waste water treatment in most of Greater London, Luton, the Thames Valley, Surrey, Gloucestershire, north Wiltshire, far west Kent, and some other parts of England; like other water companies, it has a monopoly in the regions it serves.
Thames Water says many plastic pipes are failing decades earlier than they were designed for.