That's just England though. Scotland has 70 people per km^2. Water is also "free". Free as in, it's part of your council tax and all water is nationalised. You do not buy it from a private company.

I would prefer it was metered so companies that use a lot of water are charged commensurately. Council tax in itself is a regressive tax, so adding water charges to that makes things worse.

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impossiblefork 4 days ago | parent [-]

Yes, but I think it's the population density of the densely populated regions that matters.

It's not like they're bringing water from Scotland to England by pipeline.

	▲	arethuza 4 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Worth noting that most of the population of Scotland is concentrated in the Central Belt: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Belt
	▲	francis_lewis 4 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Although Welsh villages have been flooded to suply water to the English. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capel_Celyn