#thameswater — Public Fediverse posts
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Swimmers warned of toxic algae at newly designated Thames bathing site
By Sandra LavillePeople and pets told to keep out of river at Ham amid anger over Thames Water’s plans to pump treated sewage
#Pollution #Water #Waterindustry #ThamesWater #Swimming #London #England #Environment #Lifeandstyle #TheGuardian #SandraLaville
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Last week marked 700 days since #ThamesWater closed #NewhamGreenway, our only safe north-south cycleway. We'll be waiting another 700 days—or longer—for it to reopen. The Council must now build a safe alternative on their own highway, quickly. #GreenwayFlushedAway newhamcyclists.uk/greenway-mee...
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The UK should say no to increased water bills, force shitty privatized water companies to spend their own money on infrastructure investment - bankrupting them on purpose - then nationalise them for cheap:
https://weownit.org.uk/news/5-things-thames-water-doesnt-want-you-to-know/ -
It's good that Andy Burnham is intervening to protect the interests of households against bill hikes.
But it's meaningless unless he intervenes to tackle the problem at its root: privatisation.
No more rearranging the deckchairs. Burnham said Thames Water 'should' be nationalised. Time to make it happen.
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There is a big myth going around that it would be unaffordable to take Thames Water into public ownership.
If you've ever wondered why this is a myth, we wrote this blog JUST FOR YOU.
Read and share it with friends and family: https://weownit.org.uk/news/5-things-thames-water-doesnt-want-you-to-know/
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Water companies in England and Wales explore ‘surge pricing’ during drought https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/aug/16/water-companies-england-and-wales-explore-surge-pricing-bills-drought #WaterIndustry #Utilities #WaterBills #HouseholdBills #ThamesWater #SevernTrent #SouthEastWater #Business #Money #UkNews
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Water companies in England and Wales explore ‘surge pricing’ bills during drought
By Joanna PartridgeSuppliers could factor water scarcity into charges as part of Ofwat proposal to reduce consumption
#Waterindustry #Business #Water #ThamesWater #SevernTrent #SouthEastWater #Drought #TheGuardian #JoannaPartridge
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Rather than anyone on #UK soil receiving an #emergencyalert on their mobile about bbqs, it's #ThamesWater management who should receive them every time there is #leak. Taken today opposite #Brixton station. Another one is up #BrixtonHill, leaking for over 8 days on the worst #drought in 190 years. In the same week, ThamesWater DOUBLED my bill and awarded their CFO £1m "signing fee", circumnavigating the existing ban on performance-related #bonuses.
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Thames Water plans to restart desalination plant – after drought has ended
By Jasper JollyUtility company’s plant, which has only run five times, now has an estimated total cost of £500m
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/aug/14/thames-water-desalination-plant-reservoir-drought
#ThamesWater #Drought #Waterindustry #Business #Utilities #Water #Environment #UKnews #London #Extremeheat #Extremeweather #TheGuardian #JasperJolly
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Thames Water plans to restart desalination plant – after drought has ended https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/aug/14/thames-water-desalination-plant-reservoir-drought #ThamesWater #Drought #WaterIndustry #Business #Utilities #Water #Environment #UkNews #London #ExtremeHeat #ExtremeWeather
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I've also just seen that my water bills will likely rise¹ as, again, we're expected to pay for the failings of the private company that is #ThamesWater.
I have relatives in Scotland and their water is not privatised. They don't pay a separate water bill, it is included in their Council Tax.
What these #WaterSupplyIssues have shown me, even more than I already thought, is that services like Water supply should not in in private hands.
50 years ago the UK went through a massive drought. I remember it well. We shared baths, put bricks in our toilet cisterns and queued at standpipes for water. When privatisation was forced upon us (yes I am looking at you Thatcherites) we were told the private investment and running would make things better. 50 years and we're no better, if not worse, off. This is not how it is supposed to be.
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This is a thread with a rant or two, some praise and a request. Feel free to mute the #WaterSupplyIssues hashtag I'll use
This week our home was one of the "10000" affected by two burst water mains that massively disrupted water supplies to 14 postcode areas in East London and Essex, UK.¹
We were fortunate, we only lost our water supply for 18 hours but pressure dropped significantly across the rest of the time and we had no idea whether it was going to go off again or not.
The water company #ThamesWater supplied bottled water at one or two locations which quickly ran out and there were massive queues causing the surrounding areas to become gridlocked.
Local shops quickly ran out of bottled water too. I had to drive about 10 miles to get some. Our water supply did not return to normal for four 4 days. Apart from limiting toilet flushing and not having showers we were decanting drinking water into containers "just in case" ( #1stWorldProblems ).
That's the background, the rest will be the rants, praise and request
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Just moving elderly parents away in advance of the crazy temperatures planned for south east tomorrow. This is not helped by water being cut off for the second day.
https://www.eppingforestdc.gov.uk/major-water-supply-incident/
This is not an acceptable lengthr of outage- need to get on top of this service- it is going to make a crisis out of an already important #heatwave event #ThamesWater
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Thames Water faces row over £1m payment to finance chief https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/aug/10/thames-water-fee-finance-chief-andy-burnham #ThamesWater #WaterIndustry #Business #UkNews
Thames water bosses do not give a fuck about what the government says, the champagne is flowing and their pockets are stuffed with embezzled money.
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Water companies circumventing bonus rules? What did ministers expect? | Nils Pratley
By Nils PratleyDoor was left open to such behaviour because the regulator for England and Wales can only use the powers it was given by parliament
#Waterindustry #Executivepayandbonuses #Business #ThamesWater #Utilities #Water #UKnews #TheGuardian #NilsPratley
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Thames Water is now such a basket case that it needed (it claims) to pay its new finance director a £1m bonus to *join* the firm as a 'necessary incentive'.... so, if it cannot get senior managers to join without bribing them, perhaps customers should stop paying their bills as a 'necessary incentive' for TW to actually do the job its customers thought they were paying their bills for.... clearly financial incentives 'work'!
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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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Why, indeed!
Why can #GolfCourses stay green during #droughts?
Wendy Hurrelland, Tony Grew, 8/4/2026
"While London's parks are showing the strain of a prolonged drought and high temperatures, some spots in the capital are still sporting pristine green grass.
"School playing fields and golf courses appear partly unaffected by the #HosepipeBan imposed by Thames Water on most of London at the end of July.
"Dulwich College and St Paul's School have come in for criticism for the lushness of their playing fields at a time of concern about the water supply, while London's golf courses are also being eyed with envy by homeowners whose lawns are turning brown."
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"However, Cat Hobbs, director of We Own It, told BBC London: 'Since 1989 (water companies) have extracted £85bn in dividends.
" 'And when you get your water bill through the door, a third of that is going directly out again into shareholders' pockets and into the interest payments on the debts that they're racking up at your expense.
" 'We're all in this rip-off right now and it really has to end because what it means is that we're wasting essential money that could be used to reinvest into the infrastructure to stop leaks and we're wasting water.' "
Read more:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyq5v471ewoArchived version:
https://archive.ph/uPa9U#UKPol #ThamesWater #PrivatizedWater #ClimateChange #Drought #LessGolfCourses #WaterIsLife #PowerCorruptionAndLies
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#ThamesWater 's Legal Showdown: £3 Billion Bailout Battle Unfolds
#England ’s largest water company seeks a financial lifeline amid towering debts and creditor conflicts.
August 10, 2026
"Thames Water's predicament not only highlights its operational fragilities, plagued by outdated infrastructure and rising public dissatisfaction over #pollution incidents and escalating water bills, but also amplifies its strategic importance in serving vast swathes of London and the surrounding regions.
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"The unfolding creditor clash not only underscores the intricate dance between legal, financial, and operational challenges but also places a magnifying glass on the fragile underpinnings of the UK's privatized water industry."
https://londondaily.com/thames-water-s-legal-showdown-3-billion-bailout-battle-unfolds
#WaterIsLife #UKPol #PrivatisedWater #DirtyBusiness #PrivatizedWater #SewagePollution #CimateChange #Drought #Infrastructure #Shareholders #PowerCorruptionAndLies
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RE: https://kolektiva.social/@DoomsdaysCW/114875424147714659
But hey, let's give bonuses to those running #ThamesWater ! Because they deserve it? smh...
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Why that's way more than what it costs to remove #Banksy 's art!
#ThamesWater gave finance chief a £1m signing-on fee
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9d841yexe0o
#UKPol #PowerCorruptionAndLies #PrivatizedWater #PrivatisedWater #Shareholders #DirtyBusiness
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🤑Thames Water is failing its customers while awarding obscene payments to its top team. Andy Burnham must step in now and take back the company. It’s criminal to let this rip off continue with 16 million households paying the price.
✍️Sign our petition if you agree: https://weownit.org.uk/act-now/andy-burnham-must-take-back-thames-water
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Thames Water faces row over £1m payment to finance chief https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/aug/10/thames-water-fee-finance-chief-andy-burnham #ThamesWater #WaterIndustry #Business #UkNews
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Thames Water faces row over £1m payment to finance chief
By Jasper JollyCampaign group says firm is ‘taking the mickey’ by paying fee and Andy Burnham should nationalise it
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/aug/10/thames-water-fee-finance-chief-andy-burnham
#ThamesWater #Waterindustry #Business #UKnews #TheGuardian #JasperJolly
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After being rejected 4 times, Thames Water's creditors are now submitting a 5th proposal to keep the failing utility in private hands. This time, they're promising to increase public control.
𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻.
Take just 2 mins to email your MP. Give them the facts about the Thames Water creditors' deal and urge them to write to Environment Secretary Angela Eagle.
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Turn failing water firms into not-for-profit cooperatives, MPs and mayors tell PM
By Helena HortonLabour politicians say mutualised model puts public in control without adding debt to government’s balance sheet
#Waterindustry #UKnews #AndyBurnham #ThamesWater #Politics #Water #Business #Environment #Labour #Waterbills #Utilities #Householdbills #TheGuardian #HelenaHorton
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Turn failing water firms into not-for-profit cooperatives, MPs and mayors tell PM https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/aug/01/turn-failing-water-firms-into-not-for-profit-cooperatives-mps-and-mayors-tell-pm #WaterIndustry #UkNews #AndyBurnham #ThamesWater #Politics #Water #Business #Environment #Labour #WaterBills #Utilities #HouseholdBills