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  1. 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.

    #waterutilities #water #nationalisation

  2. 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 a #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.

    #waterutilities #water #nationalisation

  3. 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.

    ¹ bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2j1j

  4. 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.

    ¹ bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2j1j

  5. 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

    ¹ bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c36dr8

  6. 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

    ¹ bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c36dr8

  7. 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.

    eppingforestdc.gov.uk/major-wa

    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

  8. 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.

    eppingforestdc.gov.uk/major-wa

    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

  9. Thames Water faces row over £1m payment to finance chief theguardian.com/business/2026/ #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.

  10. 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'!

    #ThamesWater #water #sewage #politics

    bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9d841

  11. 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'!

    #ThamesWater #water #sewage #politics

    bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9d841

  12. 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."

    [...]

    "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."

    Read more:
    theguardian.com/environment/20

    #UKPol #ThamesWater #PrivitisedWater
    #ClimateChange #Drought #WaterPollution #WaterIsLife
    #PowerCorruptionAndLies

  13. 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."

    [...]

    "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."

    Read more:
    theguardian.com/environment/20

    #UKPol #ThamesWater #PrivitisedWater
    #ClimateChange #Drought #WaterPollution #WaterIsLife
    #PowerCorruptionAndLies

  14. 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."

    [...]

    "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:
    bbc.com/news/articles/cwyq5v47

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/uPa9U

    #UKPol #ThamesWater #PrivatizedWater #ClimateChange #Drought #LessGolfCourses #WaterIsLife #PowerCorruptionAndLies

  15. 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."

    [...]

    "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:
    bbc.com/news/articles/cwyq5v47

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/uPa9U

    #UKPol #ThamesWater #PrivatizedWater #ClimateChange #Drought #LessGolfCourses #WaterIsLife #PowerCorruptionAndLies

  16. #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.

    [...]

    "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."

    londondaily.com/thames-water-s

    #WaterIsLife #UKPol #PrivatisedWater #DirtyBusiness #PrivatizedWater #SewagePollution #CimateChange #Drought #Infrastructure #Shareholders #PowerCorruptionAndLies

  17. #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.

    [...]

    "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."

    londondaily.com/thames-water-s

    #WaterIsLife #UKPol #PrivatisedWater #DirtyBusiness #PrivatizedWater #SewagePollution #CimateChange #Drought #Infrastructure #Shareholders #PowerCorruptionAndLies

  18. RE: kolektiva.social/@DoomsdaysCW/

    But hey, let's give bonuses to those running #ThamesWater ! Because they deserve it? smh...

  19. RE: kolektiva.social/@DoomsdaysCW/

    But hey, let's give bonuses to those running #ThamesWater ! Because they deserve it? smh...

  20. 🤑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: weownit.org.uk/act-now/andy-bu

    #water #thameswater #publicownership #andyburnham

  21. 🤑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: weownit.org.uk/act-now/andy-bu

    #water #thameswater #publicownership #andyburnham

  22. Thames Water faces row over £1m payment to finance chief
    By Jasper Jolly

    Campaign group says firm is ‘taking the mickey’ by paying fee and Andy Burnham should nationalise it

    theguardian.com/business/2026/

    #ThamesWater #Waterindustry #Business #UKnews #TheGuardian #JasperJolly

  23. Thames Water faces row over £1m payment to finance chief
    By Jasper Jolly

    Campaign group says firm is ‘taking the mickey’ by paying fee and Andy Burnham should nationalise it

    theguardian.com/business/2026/

    #ThamesWater #Waterindustry #Business #UKnews #TheGuardian #JasperJolly

  24. 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.

    weownit.org.uk/angela-eagle-st

    #water #thameswater #angelaeagle #publicownership

  25. 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.

    weownit.org.uk/angela-eagle-st

    #water #thameswater #angelaeagle #publicownership

  26. Memo to #ThamesWater chief exec Weston

    Things that are "not realistic":
    - Your corporate debt level
    - Your prices
    - Dumping sewage that kills rivers
    - A " bailout" that immunises shareholders
    - Exec pay going up while on the verge of insolvency

    Things are are realistic:
    - Leakage goals

    The man is offensive. The entire exec team need to go along w Ofwat. #NationaliseThamesWaterNow

    Thames Water boss says leakage targets 'not realistic' - BBC News
    bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c04kd3

  27. Memo to #ThamesWater chief exec Weston

    Things that are "not realistic":
    - Your corporate debt level
    - Your prices
    - Dumping sewage that kills rivers
    - A " bailout" that immunises shareholders
    - Exec pay going up while on the verge of insolvency

    Things are are realistic:
    - Leakage goals

    The man is offensive. The entire exec team need to go along w Ofwat. #NationaliseThamesWaterNow

    Thames Water boss says leakage targets 'not realistic' - BBC News
    bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c04kd3

  28. Nearly 11,000 people have signed our open letter to Environment Minister Angela Eagle.

    They want her to reject the last-ditch deal from Thames Water's creditors, and take it into Special Administration as the first step towards permanent public ownership. Here are some of their comments.

    Add your voice to theirs weownit.org.uk/no-thames-credi

    #thameswater #angelaeagle #publicownership

  29. Nearly 11,000 people have signed our open letter to Environment Minister Angela Eagle.

    They want her to reject the last-ditch deal from Thames Water's creditors, and take it into Special Administration as the first step towards permanent public ownership. Here are some of their comments.

    Add your voice to theirs weownit.org.uk/no-thames-credi

    #thameswater #angelaeagle #publicownership

  30. "If Thames Water collapses into special administration, we can fight to bring it into permanent public ownership, setting a precedent for the rest of the water industry to follow."

    Our piece laying down the path to permanent public ownership of Water in England, in today's Labour Outlook.
    #thameswater #publicownership

    labouroutlook.org/2026/07/29/w

  31. "If Thames Water collapses into special administration, we can fight to bring it into permanent public ownership, setting a precedent for the rest of the water industry to follow."

    Our piece laying down the path to permanent public ownership of Water in England, in today's Labour Outlook.
    #thameswater #publicownership

    labouroutlook.org/2026/07/29/w

  32. We Own It in Left Foot Forward this week: “Thames Water is a symbol of everything that is currently wrong with our economic model... and Burnham knows this".

    This government mustn't hesitate to bring Thames Water into permanent public ownership.

    #andyburnham #thameswater #publicownership

    leftfootforward.org/2026/07/al

  33. We Own It in Left Foot Forward this week: “Thames Water is a symbol of everything that is currently wrong with our economic model... and Burnham knows this".

    This government mustn't hesitate to bring Thames Water into permanent public ownership.

    #andyburnham #thameswater #publicownership

    leftfootforward.org/2026/07/al

  34. 112 MPs have called for special administration of Thames Water.

    >10,000 members of the public have signed the petition calling on you to bring it into public hands.

    You yourself have said this is what 'should' be done.

    Will you make good on your promises, Andy Burnham?

    #andyburnham #thameswater #publicownership

    weownit.org.uk/burnham-thames-

  35. 112 MPs have called for special administration of Thames Water.

    >10,000 members of the public have signed the petition calling on you to bring it into public hands.

    You yourself have said this is what 'should' be done.

    Will you make good on your promises, Andy Burnham?

    #andyburnham #thameswater #publicownership

    weownit.org.uk/burnham-thames-

  36. Blame privatised water firms for hosepipe bans | Lettters
    By Guardian Staff

    Gillian Metheringham, Dr Gillian Austen and others respond to articles about water shortages in the UK and the high and rising pay of water industry bosses

    theguardian.com/business/2026/

    #Waterindustry #Water #Plants #Gardeningadvice #Datacentres #ThamesWater #TheGuardian #GuardianStaff

  37. "Even with the fig leaf of a golden share, [the creditors' proposal] might be miles away from Burnham’s promises about public ownership"

    WE AGREE. With one small adjustment.

    This proposal IS miles away from what Burnham has promised about public ownership.

    Special administration of Thames Water - followed by permanent public ownership - is a way to immediately start making good on that promise.

    👇sign the open letter
    weownit.org.uk/act-now/sign-ou

    #andyburnham #thameswater #publicownership

  38. Thames Water's creditors are panicking. Right now, they’re rushing to submit a last-ditch proposal to Ofwat and the new Environment Secretary in a desperate attempt to protect their interests.

    But it's old wine in new bottles. Write to Angela Eagle today and tell her to reject the creditors' offer.

    weownit.org.uk/act-now/sign-ou

    #angelaeagle #thameswater #publicownership