[MissMoppet]

The reality and con not at all widely known is that the much publicised Water Aid charity is entirely financed by you and me. The privatised water companies contribute zilch. Since Mrs T sold them off collectively they have harvested some £53 billion in dividends to date. When I wrote to Water Aid last year I received a long and fulsome email from the PR company explaining that "the staff give lots of their time in circulating appeals in their bills to us and help run charity events to raise funds." But the companies pay over precisely nothing. Why don't you write to your water supplier and see what response you receive? It's a national rip off and scandal.