has found.
The net debt across all nine water companies amounts to around £50bn, with each company having to repay lenders – which often include their own shareholders – with interest each year. The UK’s highest paid was Liv Garfield at Severn Trent Water. Ms Garfield made £3.9m in the year to the end of March 2022, a 12-month period during which her company was fined £1.5m forNext in the pay league comes United Utilities Steve Mogford, who took home almost £3.2m, while Thames Water chief executive, Sarah Bentley, pocketed £2m even though she presided over a company that posted an £850m pre-tax loss.