UK Water

Research on the privatisation of England and Wales's water industry, financial extraction, environmental failure, and the case for reform.


  1. 2026
  2. 2024
    Tougher regulation won't save our water system

    Politics and Policy Blog, London School of Economics, 26 June 2024.

  3. 2024
    Financialisation: an intractable breach of integrity in the water and sewerage systems in England and Wales

    Report for Water Integrity Network (WIN). With Mary Galvin. Briefing paper.

  4. 2022
    Private equity and the regulation of financialised infrastructure: The case of Macquarie in Britain's water and energy networks

    New Political Economy, 28(2), 155–172. With Elisa Van Waeyenberge and Benjamin Bowles. Journal article.

  5. 2022
    England's privatised water: profits over people and planet

    British Medical Journal. With Kent Buse. Journal article.

  6. 2022
    England's water: is the privatised model a fair system?

    The Guardian, 30 November 2022. Newspaper article.

  7. 2022
  8. 2022
    Water privatisation: A costly policy distraction

    Smart Water Magazine, 21 January 2022. Newspaper article.

  9. 2021
  10. 2021
    London's 'Super Sewer': A Case Study for the Interdisciplinary Possibilities of Anthropologists and Economists Investigating Infrastructure Together

    Emerald Publishing Limited, Bingley. With Benjamin Bowles and Elisa Van Waeyenberge. Journal article. Received the Emerald Award 2022 for Outstanding Author Contribution.

  11. 2017
    Material Cultures of Water Financialisation in England and Wales

    New Political Economy. Journal article.

  12. 2014
    The Financialisation of Water in England and Wales

    FESSUD Working Paper Series, No. 52.