By Simon Tomlinson PUBLISHED: 01:32 EST, 11 April 2012 | UPDATED: 01:34 EST, 11 April 2012 Wants flow of money: Former Welsh Water boss John Elfed Jones says Wales should be making a profit from supplying water to England Drought-hit England should be made to pay for using water from Wales, the former head of Welsh Water claimed today. As millions of English households are slapped with hosepipe bans, John Elfed Jones argues that water is a business and, like oil, should be sold to make money. His comments came as Severn Trent, which supplies mid Wales, announced plans to sell water to Anglian Water without at cost price.
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John Elfed Jones says Wales should profit from trade
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