The water and sewerage companies have paid shareholders more than £13bn in dividends over the past 10 years

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dividend

£bn

0.5

1

1.5

2

2.5

United Utilities £2.6bn

Severn Trent 2.0

Thames 1.8

Anglian 1.5

Yorkshire 1.2

Northumbrian 1.2

South West 1.1

Wessex 1.1

Southern 0.9