BRITAIN’S water sector operating model is broken, a union warned today after firms were fined £114 million for failing to meet key targets on reducing pollution, leakage and supply interruptions.

Regulator Ofwat said today that not one company achieved its top category of “leading” in performance while Dwr Cymru, Southern, Thames, Anglian, Bristol, South East and Yorkshire Water fell into the lowest category of “lagging.”

The remaining 10 water companies were rated “average.”