BRITAIN nearly ran out of water this year because careless firms are leaking a fifth of our supply and "threaten our lives".
Brazen companies have admitted the country would be screwed if we hadn't had such a soggy winter in 2023 and drenched spring this year.
James Wallace of River Action called the firms "vampires" who "suck money out of their customers while wasting billions of litres of our most precious resource".
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