英国所有的供水工业从1974年起实行了国有化,在英格兰和威尔士成立了10家水务管理局,其中有恩格林(Anglian Water),太晤士(Thames Wa-ter)和西北(North-West Water)水务管理局等。20世纪八十年代末期,随着英国供水系统私有化浪潮的掀起,在1989年底这10家水务管理局又同时改制为股份制企业,组建成10家水务集团公司,并以新的私有化模式管理水资源和供配水系统,与此同时发行股票,在证券交易所挂牌上市,本文着重介绍以 All of the UK's water utilities have been nationalized since 1974, with 10 water boards in England and Wales, including Anglian Water, Thames Wa-ter and North-West Water Authority. In the late 1980s, with the wave of privatization of the UK's water supply system, at the end of 1989, the 10 water administrations were simultaneously transformed into joint-stock enterprises and formed into 10 water group companies and managed with the new privatization model Water resources and water supply and distribution system, at the same time issue shares, listed on the stock exchange, this article focuses on