首相安迪·伯纳姆对英格兰水务行业施加更大控制的推动可能需要付出约1050亿英镑的高昂代价，据一份新的行业委托分析报告称。
Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s push for greater control of England’s troubled water industry could come with a hefty price tag of about £105 billion, according to a new industry-commissioned analysis.
该估算涵盖了收购英格兰14家水务公司的成本，这些公司近40年前被私有化，目前面临加大对老化基础设施投资的压力。
The estimate covers the cost of buying England’s 14 water companies, privatized nearly 40 years ago and facing pressure to invest more in aging infrastructure.
伯纳姆正在权衡如何改革水务行业。他在7月上任前曾承诺将该行业纳入公有制，但此后将重点放在实现更大程度的公共控制。上个月，他宣布计划取消对水务国有所有权的限制。
Burnham is weighing how to overhaul the water industry. Before taking office in July he pledged to bring the sector into public ownership but has since focused on greater public control. Last month, he announced plans to scrap limits on state ownership of water utilities.
由贸易协会Water UK委托、研究咨询公司PF Global编制的报告基于该行业最近的交易及其受监管资产的价值进行估算。报告认为，此前发表的一些较低估值忽略了这些公司的巨额债务，这些债务不会仅因公有制而消失。
The report by research consultancy PF Global, commissioned by trade association Water UK, estimated the cost based on recent deals in the sector and the value of their regulated assets. It argues that cheaper estimates which have been published overlook the companies’ large debts, which would not simply disappear under public ownership.
该1050亿英镑的估算仅涵盖英格兰的水务公司，而政府去年曾估算英格兰和威尔士两国水务公司的收购成本为1000亿英镑。另一份由咨询公司Frontier Economics进行的分析则预测，到2030年，基于行业预测的受监管资本价值作为企业价值的代理指标，收购成本可能达到约1440亿英镑。
The £105 billion estimate covers only water firms in England, while the government calculated a lower £100-billion price tag last year for companies in both England and Wales. A separate analysis by consultancy Frontier Economics put the cost at about £144 billion in 2030, using the industry’s projected regulated capital value as a proxy for what the businesses are worth.