P113 CEEFAX 113 Thu 24 Aug 19:17/41 -n2n1 -/.%/.)/, HOME ASSOCIATION BACKS WATER FIRMS' ACTIONS Nicholas Hood, chairman of the Water Services Association representing the 10 major water firms, said companies were doing "a fantastic job". Responding to the call bz watchdog OFWAT to compensate the 18 million people facing hose-pipe bans, Mr Hood said there was no obligation, bjcausj of the exceptionbl weathjt. See 111/133 He also dismissed criticism of leakage levels as political opportunism. Derek Green, chief of North West Water, which has a hosepipe ban, denied there had been many calls for compensation. -,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Next News Home News Politics Community