Public water supply and sanitation in England and Wales has been characterized by universal access and generally good service quality. Salient features of the sector in the United Kingdom compared to other developed countries is the full privatization of service provision and the pioneering of independent economic regulation in the sector in Europe. There has been a substantial increase in real tariffs between 1989 and 2005, whilst independent assessments place the cost of water provision in the UK as higher than most other major countries in the EU. The government body responsible for water regulation, together with the water companies, have claimed improvements in service quality during the same period.
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