Water companies owed almost £54bn in March last year

Net debt of nine main water and sewage companies in England, March 2022

£13.4bn

7.6

Thames

United Utilities

6.8

6.5

Anglian

Severn Trent

6.0

5.7

Yorkshire

Southern

3.2

2.4

2.3

Wessex

Northumbrian

South

West

Net debt of nine main English water and sewage companies, March 2022

£13.4bn

6.8

6.0

Thames

Anglian

Southern

5.7

3.2

Yorkshire

Northumbrian

6.5

Severn Trent

2.4

7.6

Wessex

United Utilities

2.3

South West

Guardian graphic. Source: company financial reports, Yearwood 2018, Hall 2022. Note: debt figures may have increased since this graphic was first published in December 2022. Company debt figures are accurate as of April 2022