The UK and Ireland
In the British Isles the state, private firms and charities ran the traditional public utilities. For instance, the Sanitary Districts were established in England and Wales in 1875 and in Ireland in 1878.
The term can refer to the set of services provided by various organizations that are used in everyday life by the public, such as: electricity generation, electricity retailing, electricity supplies, natural gas supplies, water supplies, Sewage works and sewage systems. Telephony and disabled community transport services may occasionally be included within the definition. They were mostly privatised in the UK during the 1980s.
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—W.E.B. (William Edward Burghardt)