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But give them more bonuses! Make sure the #shareholders are happy!
Who are the key figures in the #Sewage crisis, and where are they now?
With anger stoked by #Channel4’ s drama #DirtyBusiness, we look at what has happened to some of the main players
Sandra Laville
Fri 13 Mar 2026"Water companies have been in the public eye for the wrong reasons again recently. #SouthWestWater was in the dock pleading guilty to supplying water unfit for human consumption, while the regulator fined South East Water £22.5m for repeated supply failures that affected more than 280,000 people over three years.
"As the full scale of the sewage pollution scandal has been revealed to the public over the past six years, key figures working for the regulators and the #privatised companies have been heavily criticised. Channel 4’s drama Dirty Business has focused attention on individuals at the heart of the scandal.
"The Guardian examined what some of the main characters are doing today."
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"Sarah Bentley
Bentley was the chief executive of #ThamesWater from September 2020 to June 2023. She joined from Severn Trent and promised an eight-year turnaround for the company, but left with immediate effect after three years following a public outcry over the discharge of #RawSewage into #rivers and missing targets on pollution and sewer flooding."
#UKPol #ThamesWater #PrivitisedWater
#ClimateChange #Drought #WaterPollution #WaterIsLife
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But give them more bonuses! Make sure the #shareholders are happy!
Who are the key figures in the #Sewage crisis, and where are they now?
With anger stoked by #Channel4’ s drama #DirtyBusiness, we look at what has happened to some of the main players
Sandra Laville
Fri 13 Mar 2026"Water companies have been in the public eye for the wrong reasons again recently. #SouthWestWater was in the dock pleading guilty to supplying water unfit for human consumption, while the regulator fined South East Water £22.5m for repeated supply failures that affected more than 280,000 people over three years.
"As the full scale of the sewage pollution scandal has been revealed to the public over the past six years, key figures working for the regulators and the #privatised companies have been heavily criticised. Channel 4’s drama Dirty Business has focused attention on individuals at the heart of the scandal.
"The Guardian examined what some of the main characters are doing today."
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"Sarah Bentley
Bentley was the chief executive of #ThamesWater from September 2020 to June 2023. She joined from Severn Trent and promised an eight-year turnaround for the company, but left with immediate effect after three years following a public outcry over the discharge of #RawSewage into #rivers and missing targets on pollution and sewer flooding."
#UKPol #ThamesWater #PrivitisedWater
#ClimateChange #Drought #WaterPollution #WaterIsLife
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Metro Vancouver discharges raw sewage into Strait of Georgia after equipment jams
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Metro Vancouver discharges raw sewage into Strait of Georgia after equipment jams
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Death of #Heather #Preen: how 8 y/o lost her life amid #sewage crisis
When Julie Maughan was invited to help with #TV factual #drama focusing on #illegal dumping of #RawSewage by #water companies, she had to think hard.
In 1999, Maughan’s 8 y/o daughter, Heather Preen, had contracted the pathogen E coli O157 on a #Devon #beach and died within a fortnight.
Maughan’s marriage hadn’t survived the grief. She separated from Heather’s father, Mark Preen who later took his own life ...
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Death of #Heather #Preen: how 8 y/o lost her life amid #sewage crisis
When Julie Maughan was invited to help with #TV factual #drama focusing on #illegal dumping of #RawSewage by #water companies, she had to think hard.
In 1999, Maughan’s 8 y/o daughter, Heather Preen, had contracted the pathogen E coli O157 on a #Devon #beach and died within a fortnight.
Maughan’s marriage hadn’t survived the grief. She separated from Heather’s father, Mark Preen who later took his own life ...
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Raw sewage rising into residents’ back gardens https://www.allforgardening.com/1610488/raw-sewage-rising-into-residents-back-gardens/ #garden #JamesDevine #RawSewage #RiverPang #StanfordDingley #ThamesWater #ToiletPaper
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Raw sewage rising into residents’ back gardens https://www.allforgardening.com/1610488/raw-sewage-rising-into-residents-back-gardens/ #garden #JamesDevine #RawSewage #RiverPang #StanfordDingley #ThamesWater #ToiletPaper
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"The US supreme court has weakened rules on the discharge of raw sewage into water supplies in a 5-4 ruling that undermines the 1972 Clean Water Act...
"In a 5-4 ruling written by Justice Samuel Alito, the court blocked the EPA from issuing permits that make a permittee responsible for surface water quality, or 'end result' permits – a new term coined by the court.
"The case drew the attention of powerful business groups including the National Mining Association and US Chamber of Commerce...
"'The city is wrong,' according to Justice Amy Coney Barrett, who wrote the dissenting opinion, which was joined by the three Democratic justices, Sotomayor, Kagan and Jackson..."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/04/epa-ruling-sewage-water
PDF of SCOTUS opinion: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/23-753_f2bh.pdf -
"The US supreme court has weakened rules on the discharge of raw sewage into water supplies in a 5-4 ruling that undermines the 1972 Clean Water Act...
"In a 5-4 ruling written by Justice Samuel Alito, the court blocked the EPA from issuing permits that make a permittee responsible for surface water quality, or 'end result' permits – a new term coined by the court.
"The case drew the attention of powerful business groups including the National Mining Association and US Chamber of Commerce...
"'The city is wrong,' according to Justice Amy Coney Barrett, who wrote the dissenting opinion, which was joined by the three Democratic justices, Sotomayor, Kagan and Jackson..."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/04/epa-ruling-sewage-water
PDF of SCOTUS opinion: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/23-753_f2bh.pdf -
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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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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Raw sewage is being poured into our rivers and seas every day. Demand no more sh*t in our waters: add your name #sea #river #rivers #environment #sewage #SewageScandal #RawSewage https://action.friendsoftheearth.uk/petition/add-your-name-secure-right-to-safe-waters
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Raw sewage is being poured into our rivers and seas every day. Demand no more sh*t in our waters: add your name #sea #river #rivers #environment #sewage #SewageScandal #RawSewage https://action.friendsoftheearth.uk/petition/add-your-name-secure-right-to-safe-waters
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@pvonhellermannn Bloody tories and bloody water companies giving huge shareholder dividends whilst growing their debt and discharging #rawsewage. Bastards. Utter bastards. Yep. Capitalism in action.
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Untreated #sewage illegally pumped into #WindermereLake
by Joe Crowley
May 15, 2024"Millions of litres of #RawSewage were illegally pumped into one of England's most famous lakes after a fault, the BBC can reveal.
"#UnitedUtilities failed to stop the illegal #pollution of Windermere, in the #LakeDistrict, for 10 hours in February and did not report the incident to the Environment Agency until 13 hours after it started.
"An almost identical incident occurred at the same location in 2022.
"The firm says it took urgent steps to resolve the incident in February.
"A pumping station in Bowness-on-Windermere, in Cumbria, normally sends sewage to Windermere Wastewater Treatment Works.
"But United Utilities documents, obtained by the BBC, show how a telecoms fault on the night of 28 February caused the main pumps to stop.
"A separate set of emergency pumps then discharged untreated sewage into the middle of Windermere, which is part of a Unesco World Heritage site.
"It is England's largest lake and one of the country's most popular natural attractions."
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Untreated #sewage illegally pumped into #WindermereLake
by Joe Crowley
May 15, 2024"Millions of litres of #RawSewage were illegally pumped into one of England's most famous lakes after a fault, the BBC can reveal.
"#UnitedUtilities failed to stop the illegal #pollution of Windermere, in the #LakeDistrict, for 10 hours in February and did not report the incident to the Environment Agency until 13 hours after it started.
"An almost identical incident occurred at the same location in 2022.
"The firm says it took urgent steps to resolve the incident in February.
"A pumping station in Bowness-on-Windermere, in Cumbria, normally sends sewage to Windermere Wastewater Treatment Works.
"But United Utilities documents, obtained by the BBC, show how a telecoms fault on the night of 28 February caused the main pumps to stop.
"A separate set of emergency pumps then discharged untreated sewage into the middle of Windermere, which is part of a Unesco World Heritage site.
"It is England's largest lake and one of the country's most popular natural attractions."
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#NorthumbrianWater told to publish #RawSewage discharge data it tried to hide
Appeal tribunal orders firm to share details on hundreds of thousands of tonnes of outflows into #NorthSea
https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/may/03/northumbrian-water-told-publish-raw-sewage-discharge-data
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ThatchersLegacy #SewageScandal #Pollution #PublicHealth #DirtyParty
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#NorthumbrianWater told to publish #RawSewage discharge data it tried to hide
Appeal tribunal orders firm to share details on hundreds of thousands of tonnes of outflows into #NorthSea
https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/may/03/northumbrian-water-told-publish-raw-sewage-discharge-data
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ThatchersLegacy #SewageScandal #Pollution #PublicHealth #DirtyParty
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Raw Sewage in Tijuana River at Mexico-U.S. Border a ‘Public Health Crisis’ https://www.ecowatch.com/tijuana-river-raw-sewage-public-health-crisis.html
Report Highlights Health Risks of Tijuana River Contamination https://www.onegreenplanet.org/human-interest/report-highlights-health-risks-of-tijuana-river-contamination/
#PublicHealth #environment #Tijuana #river #water #sewage #RawSewage
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Raw Sewage in Tijuana River at Mexico-U.S. Border a ‘Public Health Crisis’ https://www.ecowatch.com/tijuana-river-raw-sewage-public-health-crisis.html
Report Highlights Health Risks of Tijuana River Contamination https://www.onegreenplanet.org/human-interest/report-highlights-health-risks-of-tijuana-river-contamination/
#PublicHealth #environment #Tijuana #river #water #sewage #RawSewage
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#ThamesWater apologises after 200 tankers of #RawSewage left in #Surrey town - https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/dec/12/thames-water-apologises-after-200-tankers-of-raw-sewage-left-in-surrey-town
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#ThamesWater apologises after 200 tankers of #RawSewage left in #Surrey town - https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/dec/12/thames-water-apologises-after-200-tankers-of-raw-sewage-left-in-surrey-town
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Alarm raised over #WaterFirm job of new #EnvironmentSecretary’s wife
#SteveBarclay married to executive at #AnglianWater, which is under investigation for potential illegal dumping of #RawSewage
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/nov/14/possible-conflict-of-interest-for-new-environment-secretary-steve-barclay-anglian-water-sewage[more #ToryCorruption?] #ToryPoliciesInAction #MoneyBeforeEnvironment #SewageScandal
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Alarm raised over #WaterFirm job of new #EnvironmentSecretary’s wife
#SteveBarclay married to executive at #AnglianWater, which is under investigation for potential illegal dumping of #RawSewage
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/nov/14/possible-conflict-of-interest-for-new-environment-secretary-steve-barclay-anglian-water-sewage[more #ToryCorruption?] #ToryPoliciesInAction #MoneyBeforeEnvironment #SewageScandal
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'Thames Water sewage discharges in Berkshire during Storm Ciaran'
'Thames Water says it plans to spend some £1.6 billion on upgrading its infrastructure. But it was also reported earlier this year to be struggling to pay off some £14 billion of debt – and has been criticised for paying millions of pounds in dividends each year to its internal shareholders.'
#sewage #RawSewage #waterways #rivers #pollution #environment #UK #England #Berkshire #Berks #ThamesWater #Thames -
Hi there, did you know that raw sewage is being dumped into English waterways the equivalent of 800 times a day? Water companies treat our blue spaces like an open sewer. Meanwhile government and regulators continue to turn a blind eye. This needs to stop. If you're like me and agree that PM Rishi Sunak should take action to stop sewage pollution in UK rivers and beaches, can you add your name?
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‘‘Unacceptable’: how #RawSewage has affected rivers in #England and #Wales – in maps
Hundreds of thousands of raw #SewageDischarges were recorded last year. These maps show where these were and what the impact is
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2023/sep/12/unacceptable-how-raw-sewage-has-affected-rivers-in-england-and-wales-in-maps
#ToryPoliciesInAction #DirtyParty #Pollution #Environment #SewageScandal #PrivatisedWaterCompanies #Health #PublicHealth -
‘‘Unacceptable’: how #RawSewage has affected rivers in #England and #Wales – in maps
Hundreds of thousands of raw #SewageDischarges were recorded last year. These maps show where these were and what the impact is
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2023/sep/12/unacceptable-how-raw-sewage-has-affected-rivers-in-england-and-wales-in-maps
#ToryPoliciesInAction #DirtyParty #Pollution #Environment #SewageScandal #PrivatisedWaterCompanies #Health #PublicHealth -
‘An utter disgrace’: 90% of #England’s most precious #river #habitats blighted by #RawSewage and #Farming #pollution
Observer investigation reveals the shocking state of the country’s protected freshwater sites of #SpecialScientificInterest
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/12/an-utter-disgrace-90-of-englands-most-precious-river-habitats-blighted-by-raw-sewage-and-farming-pollution #SSI #sewage #SewageScandal #ToryPoliciesInAction #ToryPolutionParty -
‘An utter disgrace’: 90% of #England’s most precious #river #habitats blighted by #RawSewage and #Farming #pollution
Observer investigation reveals the shocking state of the country’s protected freshwater sites of #SpecialScientificInterest
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/12/an-utter-disgrace-90-of-englands-most-precious-river-habitats-blighted-by-raw-sewage-and-farming-pollution #SSI #sewage #SewageScandal #ToryPoliciesInAction #ToryPolutionParty -
Hi there, did you know that raw sewage is being dumped into English waterways the equivalent of 800 times a day? Water companies treat our blue spaces like an open sewer. Meanwhile government and regulators continue to turn a blind eye. This needs to stop. If you're like me and agree that PM Rishi Sunak should take action to stop sewage pollution in UK rivers and beaches, can you add your name?
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The endless struggle to clean up Rio de Janeiro’s highly polluted Guanabara Bay
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRZlESe7hkQ&ab_channel=Mongabay
Once a nursery for marine life, Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro is now dying from the dumping of thousands of liters of sewage into its waters; artisanal fishermen now survive by picking up the garbage that floats in the bay.
#pollution #Brazil #RioDeJaneiro #guanabarabay #rawsewage #poisoned #ecosystem #struggle #cleanup #governmentinaction
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Just a small reminder about how 27 people got sick at the #Whitstable #Oyster festival in 2021 due to the #TorySewageParty allowing #RawSewage into #Rivers #Seas and #Waterways
#GTTO #ToryCorruption #DEFRA #EnvironmentWill it be more this year?
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#BBCBreakfast reporter says
"biggest leeches in the country are found here at #RSPB site in Dungeness, Kent."One begs to differ - I think you'll find the biggest leeches are found in #Westminster
#GTTO #TorySewageParty #ToryCorruption #RawSewage #BrexitBritain
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#BBCBreakfast reporter says
"biggest leeches in the country are found here at #RSPB site in Dungeness, Kent."One begs to differ - I think you'll find the biggest leeches are found in #Westminster
#GTTO #TorySewageParty #ToryCorruption #RawSewage #BrexitBritain
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Well #JohnRedwood I might have had a holiday in the #UK but YOU, specifically, and your cronies voted to dump #RawSewage into the #Oceans, #Seas and #Waterways
#ToryCorruption #ToryCriminals #ToryCostOfGreedCrisis #BrexitBenefits #ToryParty #GTTO
