#ofwat — Public Fediverse posts
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#Water #privatisation has failed
#SouthEastWater spent more on #shareholder #dividends than on infrastructure
Now the taps aren't working in #Kent and #Sussex
Emma Reynolds and #Ofwat bring South East Water into public ownership immediately
Sign the petition
https://weownit.org.uk/act-now/south-east-water-public-ownership
#England #sewage #greed #CorporateGreed #PublicOwnership #WaterOutage
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#Water #privatisation has failed
#SouthEastWater spent more on #shareholder #dividends than on infrastructure
Now the taps aren't working in #Kent and #Sussex
Emma Reynolds and #Ofwat bring South East Water into public ownership immediately
Sign the petition
https://weownit.org.uk/act-now/south-east-water-public-ownership
#England #sewage #greed #CorporateGreed #PublicOwnership #WaterOutage
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#Water #privatisation has failed
#SouthEastWater spent more on #shareholder #dividends than on infrastructure
Now the taps aren't working in #Kent and #Sussex
Emma Reynolds and #Ofwat bring South East Water into public ownership immediately
Sign the petition
https://weownit.org.uk/act-now/south-east-water-public-ownership
#England #sewage #greed #CorporateGreed #PublicOwnership #WaterOutage
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#Water #privatisation has failed
#SouthEastWater spent more on #shareholder #dividends than on infrastructure
Now the taps aren't working in #Kent and #Sussex
Emma Reynolds and #Ofwat bring South East Water into public ownership immediately
Sign the petition
https://weownit.org.uk/act-now/south-east-water-public-ownership
#England #sewage #greed #CorporateGreed #PublicOwnership #WaterOutage
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#Water #privatisation has failed
#SouthEastWater spent more on #shareholder #dividends than on infrastructure
Now the taps aren't working in #Kent and #Sussex
Emma Reynolds and #Ofwat bring South East Water into public ownership immediately
Sign the petition
https://weownit.org.uk/act-now/south-east-water-public-ownership
#England #sewage #greed #CorporateGreed #PublicOwnership #WaterOutage
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@BBCNews @top-stories-BBCNews Building reservoirs and maintaining infrastructure deprives the vampire owners and their flying-monkey directors of profits and bonuses. So TL:DR, yes of course we are!
#OFWAT #OffWTF -
Thames Water wants to set its own rules. The Board of Ofwat is split over whether to let them. Tip the scales in favour of people and planet: email the Board now, and urge them to reject Thames Water's creditors https://mstdn.social/@We_Own_It@mastodon.social
https://weownit.org.uk/act-now/ofwats-board-is-split-urge-them-to-make-the-right-decision-about-thames-water 📝 #Petition #Ofwat -
Thames Water could soon be let off the hook for sewage dumping, without paying a PENNY
Behind closed doors, water bosses and the regulator Ofwat are close to a deal that could let the company avoid any new fines until 2030
Please consider adding your name to this petition calling on the Environment Secretary, Emma Reynolds, to bring Thames Water into public ownership now
https://act.38degrees.org.uk/act/bring-thames-water-into-public-ownership-now-optin
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Freedom News: **Anarchist News Review: Anti-Palantir rebellion in the NHS**
https://freedomnews.org.uk/2026/04/03/anarchist-news-review-anti-palantir-rebellion-in-the-nhs/
~ Tab, Andy and Simon ponder o’er yonder as NHS staff are in revolt over Palantir’s involvement in the system, while the Palestine soli…
The post Anarchist News Review: Anti-Palantir rebellion in the NHS appeared first on Freedom News.
#News #AnarchistNewsReview #NHS #Ofwat #Palantir #Palestinesolidarity #Water -
#ThamesWater is poised to reach an agreement with #ofwat that will allow the struggling utility to avoid any new fines over the next four years in exchange for a commitment to invest cash into the business.
Ofwat is planning to accept “undertakings” in lieu of financial penalties until 2030, according to people familiar with discussions, as part of a controversial offer put forward by creditors that would save the water company from being renationalised
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https://www.ft.com/content/070d9030-0314-41dd-9630-63c893b199b0?syn-25a6b1a6=1
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“South East Water faces £22m fine for supply failures.” And who exactly in the end pays this fine? #Water #Ofwat #Privatisation
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Dirty #water, #death, decline in England
#England remains an anomaly in the world, as only country apart from Chile where #water is owned by #private #companies for #profit
Then #Conservative PM, #Thatcher, promised in 1989 privatisation would deliver higher investment
In 2002, ministers were warned in a report, which remained secret, privatisation allows private equity funds to load companies with debt, & regulator #Ofwat would lose regulatory control
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Email #Ofwat - the public have said NO to illegal #sewage until 2040
In order to maximise their #profits, #Thames #Water's creditors are asking Ofwat and the government to pollute illegally until 2040.
Members of the public, MPs and #anti-sewage campaigners have all spoken out about how outrageous this deal is, urging Ofwat to say no.
Take half a minute to sign the letter:
https://weownit.org.uk/act-now/email-ofwat-the-public-have-said-no-to-illegal-sewage-until-2040
#PrivatisationFails #corruption #greed #PublicOwnership #WeOwnIt #PublicHealth #pollution
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Punish the parasites directly.
#SouthEastWater #OFWAT #UKPOL #UKPOLITICS #Kent #Sussex #LateStageCapitalism
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“Only one company, Severn Trent, achieved full marks. It did so despite having been responsible for 62,085 sewage spills, averaging seven hours each, in 2024.” #Ofwat may need to raise its standards! #Water #Privatisation
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Thames Water wants to pollute illegally until 2040. Ofwat must say NO. Ofwat is making its decision on the 22nd October. Make sure your name is on this petition by Tuesday 21st October, when we’ll be handing it in at their headquarters. https://weownit.org.uk/act-now/petition-ofwat-must-say-no-to-thames-water-creditors #water #pollution #thames #ofwat #petition
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🚨Check out this from We Own It
@we_ownit to #Ofwat regarding our #Water! #Environmental #Pollution MUST be stopped!👇 🤬
https://weownit.org.uk/act-now/ofwat-say-no-to-15-years-of-illegal-pollution-thames-water -
#Thames Water wants to #pollute #illegally until 2040. #Ofwat must say NO
#Petition - We Own ItDear Chris Walters, interim CEO of Ofwat,
Thames Water wants to pollute illegally until 2040. Ofwat must say no.
Deadline: Tuesday 21st October
https://weownit.org.uk/act-now/petition-ofwat-must-say-no-to-thames-water-creditors
#ThamesWater #greed #sewage #corruption #EcoCrime #water #feces #pollution
#WeOwnIt #RedReform #ToxicLabour #Starmer #Labour #WildSwiming #HealthRisks -
🚨Urgent: Thames Water want permission from Ofwat to ILLEGALLY pollute rivers and seas until 2040. They want your bills to fill their pockets with gold, while they fill your rivers with sewage. Sign now. Tell Ofwat to say NO to Thames Water before Tuesday 21st October. https://weownit.org.uk/act-now/petition-ofwat-must-say-no-to-thames-water-creditors 📝 #Petition #Ofwat #WaterCompanies #WaterBills #ThamesWater #OceanPollution
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Evidence of the elite & wealthy club? Wasted our £ so let's give them a bit more.😡
Pay shareholders & ignore all responsibilities (especially maintenance) then charge customers more.
#water #shareholders #costofliving #poverty #finance #money #corporate #private #ofwat #bills #regulators #RachelReeves #Labour #Government #CompetitionandMarketsAuthority #Competition #Markets #Authority #CMA #industry #economics #sewage #boss #customers #investment #infrastructure
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The private water companies balls it up, the public has to pay for it. Whilst bonuses & dividends are still paid. What's the point of a reg. body?
#Ofwat #ThamesWater #AnglianWater #SouthernWater #Water #Bills
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The private water companies balls it up, the public has to pay for it. Whilst bonuses & dividends are still paid. What's the point of a reg. body?
#Ofwat #ThamesWater #AnglianWater #SouthernWater #Water #Bills
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The private water companies balls it up, the public has to pay for it. Whilst bonuses & dividends are still paid. What's the point of a reg. body?
#Ofwat #ThamesWater #AnglianWater #SouthernWater #Water #Bills
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“Millions of households face jump in water bills after regulator backs more price rises.” To be fair the regulators when their time is up will be looking for plum jobs in the water industry. #Privatisation the gift that keeps on giving! #Water #Ofwat
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“English water companies have spent £16.6m fighting legal action against regulators and campaigners over environmental breaches such as illegal sewage spills.” Tsch! tsch! campaigners and regulators! Set the legal dogs on them. We can afford it. It’s the punters money. #Water #Pollution #Capitalism #Ofwat
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“Ofwat chief executive to step down ahead of regulator’s abolition.” Will he get a plum job with a water company for being a good boy? #Water #Privatisation #Ofwat
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So who here thinks the 'new opportunities' that David Black will be pursuing having resigned from being Head of OFWAT will include either joining the board(s) of water & sewage firms or offering expensive consultancy to these firms (possibly via an existing services firms)?
We can be sure however, that he will fail upwards.
#water #sewage #politics #OFWAT
h/t FT
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The joy of OFWAT being disbanded is short-lived here in Wales.
OFWAT's responsibilities are transferred here to, er, Natural Resources Wales.
NRW long ago lost the trust of all 22 Welsh councils, widely regarded as a tin-eared, corrupt failure, whose recently-resigned director described as "incompetent".
We expect little to go wrong...
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“A drink from the Ankh would quite probably rob a man of his memory, or at least cause things to happen to him that he would in no account wish to recall.”
Terry Pratchett; Soul Music
#Discworld #Ofwat #WaterDayForWater #PrivatisationFails -
Just going to repeat something.
#Ofwat ALWAYS had teeth.
It could have fined any water company 10% of its turnover at any time. It chose never to do so. So what confidence do we have that this new organisation will be more effective?
Why was #WaterPrivatisation not mentioned in Cunliffe's report today
Not one word
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As far as I can see, the only thing that qualifies Sir Jon Cunliffe to conduct this review is that he has an Order of the Bath. 🛁 🤨 #Ofwat www.bbc.com/news/article...
Water industry review: Will th... -
Fergal Sharkey talks about #WaterPrivatisation
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Thur Southern Water boss doubles salary
Fri announcement of 60% increase in serious pollution incidents
YESTERDAY g'ment put together a raft of stuff which upon examination was nothing more than what the previous Tory g'ment was saying and nothing to do with this industry at all
And then Cunliffe puts out a recommendation to abolish #Ofwat but I don't think he can have that without want wanting to get rid of Environment Agency.
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I am not optimistic that this review of the water industry is going to bring meaningful improvements.
Given that the scope of the review explicitly ruled out nationalisation before the review even started, how can we be sure that keeping the water industry in private hands is the best option?
Especially as experience so far tells us that privatisation has failed miserably.
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When your so bad at your job they abolish the position and start all over again.
Maybe look at their bank accounts, they seemed to be in the pocket of the Water Companies, not the People.
Nationalise the lot of them.
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Top-rated UK [#England] #WaterFirms ‘dumped 1,374 illegal spills into rivers’
Exclusive: #UnitedUtilities and #SevernTrent had four-star environment ranking but discharges breached permits, campaign group says
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/13/top-rated-uk-water-firms-dumped-1374-spills-into-rivers
#ToryLegacy #OfWat #ShittyOldEngland -
'Every #WaterFirm in #England and #Wales under investigation over #sewage spills
#Ofwat opens cases against #SevernTrent and three others, days after they faced criticism over huge bill rises
https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/jul/16/water-suppliers-england-wales-investigated-sewage-severn-trent-bill-rises
#ToryLegacy #ShittyOldEngland -
...and hiring James #timpson as prisons minister - good call!
Now - someone give #starmer #feargalSharkey 's number.... we need him at #ofWat !
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Geoff Cooper: Lib Dems announce plan for more protection of rivers | Hampshire Chronicle
https://www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/news/24366990.geoff-cooper-lib-dems-announce-plan-protection-rivers/#Cooper
#LibDems
#Rivers
#RomseyAndSouthamptonNorth
#Romsey
#Hampshire
#Sewage
#BlueFlag
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BBC uncovers 6,000 possible illegal #sewage spills in one year
"BBC analysis suggests dry spills may have started on more than 200 days in 2022, lasting more than 29,000 hours – including during the record summer heatwave when people were cooling off in England’s rivers and seas."
By Esme Stallard, Jonah Fisher and Sophie Woodcock, BBC News Climate and Science • Becky Dale and Libby Rogers, BBC News Data Journalism Team
June 13, 2024
"Every major English #WaterCompany has reported data suggesting they’ve discharged #RawSewage when the weather is dry – a practice which is potentially illegal.
"BBC News has analysed spills data from nine firms, which suggests sewage may have been discharged nearly 6,000 times when it had not been raining in 2022 - including during the country’s record #heatwave.
"Water companies can release untreated sewage into rivers and seas when it rains to prevent it #flooding homes, but such spills are illegal when it’s dry.
"The firms say they understand public concerns around dry spilling, but they disagree with the BBC’s findings.
"They have said the spill data shared with the Environment Agency was 'preliminary' and 'unverified', and also disagree with how the BBC defined a dry spill, which they say differs from the Environment Agency’s approach.
"The latest findings follow a BBC investigation conducted last year which found 388 instances of possible dry spilling in 2022 by three water companies - Thames, Wessex and Southern - after they shared their data with the BBC.
"The other six – Anglian Water, Northumbrian Water, Severn Trent, South West Water, United Utilities and Yorkshire Water - had refused to share data about when they might be spilling with the BBC. They said it could prejudice an ongoing criminal investigation by the #EnvironmentAgency (EA) and #Ofwat into their activities."
Read more:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4nn46rjej6o#WaterIsLife #England #UK #Pollution #PowerCorruptionAndLies
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#Ofwat poised to refuse most suppliers’ requests for big price rises
Water watchdog decision on bills in #England and #Wales delayed until after election, as Thames crisis looms
https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/may/28/water-watchdog-suppliers-price-rises-ofwat-bills-thames-water
#WaterPrivatisation #ToryPoliciesInAction #ThatchersLegacy #GE2024 -
In the Financial Times today:
"Britain’s debt-laden water utilities are being encouraged by the regulator Ofwat to set up new privately financed companies to deliver billions of pounds worth of critical infrastructure such as reservoirs, treatment works and pipelines, which will be paid for through customer bills"
Outrageous. Nationalise them without compensation and abolish Ofwat, which is totally compromised.
#Water #Privatisation #Ofwat #PFI
#UKPolitics
https://archive.is/K408y -
#ThamesWater has six weeks to agree survival plan with #Ofwat -
Thames’s operating company, which is ringfenced by the regulator so it can continue even if #Kemble collapses, is labouring under debts of almost £15bn, making it #Britain’s most indebted #WaterCompany. It was #privatised in 1989 with no debt.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/apr/14/thames-water-six-weeks-to-agree-survival-plan-with-regulator
#ToryPoliciesInaction #ShareholdersBeforeCustomers
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Southern Water challenged about storm overflows in the Test | Hampshire Chronicle
https://www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/news/24234968.southern-water-challenged-storm-overflows-test/#SouthernWater
#RiverTest
#Sewage
#StormOverflows
#Storms
#Rain
#Nokes
#CivicChiefs
#ParishCouncillors
#Thruxton
#PathfinderProject
#DEFRA
#StormOverflowReductionPlan
#PillHillBrook
#PanParishForum
#Drew
#Donnelly
#Flood
#Hasselmann
#FullertonWastewaterTreatmentWorks
#FyfieldChurchOfEnglandPrimarySchool
#SwaleGarden
#Kimpton
#Ofwat
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Southern Water challenged about storm overflows in the Test | Hampshire Chronicle
https://www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/news/24234968.southern-water-challenged-storm-overflows-test/#SouthernWater
#RiverTest
#Sewage
#StormOverflows
#Storms
#Rain
#Nokes
#CivicChiefs
#ParishCouncillors
#Thruxton
#PathfinderProject
#DEFRA
#StormOverflowReductionPlan
#PillHillBrook
#PanParishForum
#Drew
#Donnelly
#Flood
#Hasselmann
#FullertonWastewaterTreatmentWorks
#FyfieldChurchOfEnglandPrimarySchool
#SwaleGarden
#Kimpton
#Ofwat
#EA -
Southern Water challenged about storm overflows in the Test | Hampshire Chronicle
https://www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/news/24234968.southern-water-challenged-storm-overflows-test/#SouthernWater
#RiverTest
#Sewage
#StormOverflows
#Storms
#Rain
#Nokes
#CivicChiefs
#ParishCouncillors
#Thruxton
#PathfinderProject
#DEFRA
#StormOverflowReductionPlan
#PillHillBrook
#PanParishForum
#Drew
#Donnelly
#Flood
#Hasselmann
#FullertonWastewaterTreatmentWorks
#FyfieldChurchOfEnglandPrimarySchool
#SwaleGarden
#Kimpton
#Ofwat
#EA -
Southern Water challenged about storm overflows in the Test | Hampshire Chronicle
https://www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/news/24234968.southern-water-challenged-storm-overflows-test/#SouthernWater
#RiverTest
#Sewage
#StormOverflows
#Storms
#Rain
#Nokes
#CivicChiefs
#ParishCouncillors
#Thruxton
#PathfinderProject
#DEFRA
#StormOverflowReductionPlan
#PillHillBrook
#PanParishForum
#Drew
#Donnelly
#Flood
#Hasselmann
#FullertonWastewaterTreatmentWorks
#FyfieldChurchOfEnglandPrimarySchool
#SwaleGarden
#Kimpton
#Ofwat
#EA -
Southern Water challenged about storm overflows in the Test | Hampshire Chronicle
https://www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/news/24234968.southern-water-challenged-storm-overflows-test/#SouthernWater
#RiverTest
#Sewage
#StormOverflows
#Storms
#Rain
#Nokes
#CivicChiefs
#ParishCouncillors
#Thruxton
#PathfinderProject
#DEFRA
#StormOverflowReductionPlan
#PillHillBrook
#PanParishForum
#Drew
#Donnelly
#Flood
#Hasselmann
#FullertonWastewaterTreatmentWorks
#FyfieldChurchOfEnglandPrimarySchool
#SwaleGarden
#Kimpton
#Ofwat
#EA -
Hampshire County Council leader meets Southern Water CEO | Hampshire Chronicle
Problems include flooding and supply issues.
https://www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/news/24148257.hampshire-county-council-leader-meets-southern-water-ceo/#SouthernWater
#Hampshire
#HCC
#HampshireCountyCouncil
#Flooding
#WaterSupply
#Ofwat
#Resilience -
Hampshire County Council leader meets Southern Water CEO | Hampshire Chronicle
Problems include flooding and supply issues.
https://www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/news/24148257.hampshire-county-council-leader-meets-southern-water-ceo/#SouthernWater
#Hampshire
#HCC
#HampshireCountyCouncil
#Flooding
#WaterSupply
#Ofwat
#Resilience