The problem is that nobody wants to be solely a distributor. Every company in the pipe business eventually succumbs to the sweet profit temptation of being in t

The problem is that nobody wants to be solely a distributor. Every company in the pipe business eventually succumbs to the sweet profit temptation of being in the water-making business, and then they only want to pipe their own water, to the detriment of consumer choice. I hope this can be outlawed but antitrust enforcement in the US is a pale shadow of what it once was.