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- UK ministers are exploring raising water prices for users as drought affects 27 million people.
- The Environment Agency warns England could lack 5 billion litres of water daily by 2055.
- Helen Wakeham says current licences charge only production costs, not water’s value.
- She notes large industrial users pay less per litre the more water they consume.
- The agency is working on pricing reforms that could make industrial water more expensive.
