#thameswater — Public Fediverse posts
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💩 2 Thames Water outlets are currently discharging waste into UK waterways! #ThamesWater #Bot
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Thames Water, I refuse to pay the sewage charge in my bill while you pollute Britain’s rivers and coastlines | Jenny Jones https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/02/thames-water-sewage-charge-bill-pollute-britain-river-coastline
#Britain #environment #water #rivers #coastline #sewage #pollution #ThamesWater
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Thames Water, I refuse to pay the sewage charge in my bill while you pollute Britain’s rivers and coastlines | Jenny Jones https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/02/thames-water-sewage-charge-bill-pollute-britain-river-coastline
#Britain #environment #water #rivers #coastline #sewage #pollution #ThamesWater
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Thames Water, I refuse to pay the sewage charge in my bill while you pollute Britain’s rivers and coastlines | Jenny Jones https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/02/thames-water-sewage-charge-bill-pollute-britain-river-coastline
#Britain #environment #water #rivers #coastline #sewage #pollution #ThamesWater
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Thames Water, I refuse to pay the sewage charge in my bill while you pollute Britain’s rivers and coastlines | Jenny Jones https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/02/thames-water-sewage-charge-bill-pollute-britain-river-coastline
#Britain #environment #water #rivers #coastline #sewage #pollution #ThamesWater
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Thames Water, I refuse to pay the sewage charge in my bill while you pollute Britain’s rivers and coastlines | Jenny Jones https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/02/thames-water-sewage-charge-bill-pollute-britain-river-coastline
#Britain #environment #water #rivers #coastline #sewage #pollution #ThamesWater
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💩 8 Thames Water outlets are currently discharging waste into UK waterways! #ThamesWater #Bot
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💩 8 Thames Water outlets are currently discharging waste into UK waterways! #ThamesWater #Bot
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💩 8 Thames Water outlets are currently discharging waste into UK waterways! #ThamesWater #Bot
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💩 8 Thames Water outlets are currently discharging waste into UK waterways! #ThamesWater #Bot
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New action to tackle sewage misconnections after River Brent pollution in Ealing – EALING.NEWS – The Voice of Ealing’s 7 towns
Campaigners in Ealing have welcomed Greater London Authority funding for a dedicated officer to tackle illegal sewage misconnections…
#London #Britain #UnitedKingdom #UK #GB #England #Headlines #News #Europe #EU #Ealing #BrentRiverPark #CleanUpRiverBrent #ThamesWater
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#ThamesWater doesn't need #RussianCyberAttacks to muck up water supplies! They're already doing a bang-up job!
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HT @primonatura
"‘Forever chemicals’ surge during pilot of Thames Water plan to combat drought"
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/27/forever-chemicals-london-thames-water
#UK #UnitedKingdom #PFAS #ForeverChemicals #ThamesWater #WaterIsLife #Drought #UKPol #UK
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We’re prepared to change the law to reform water industry, says Angela Eagle
By Kiran Stacey and Sandra LavilleExclusive: New environment secretary insists ‘nothing is off the table’ in dealing with ailing Thames Water
#ThamesWater #Waterindustry #Utilities #Nationalisation #Business #Politics #UKnews #TheGuardian #KiranStacey #SandraLaville
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We’re prepared to change the law to reform water industry, says Angela Eagle https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/sep/03/were-prepared-to-change-the-law-to-reform-water-industry-says-angela-eagle #ThamesWater #WaterIndustry #Utilities #Nationalisation #Business #Politics #UkNews
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Voters want a fighter. Talk is cheap. #Burnham needs to take on a few fights, even if he loses.
IMO, the quickest win is to put #ThamesWater in special measures, then rush thru legislation to ensure most debt is carried by the investors.
IMO, gov should only cover debt held by UK pension funds.
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Burnham just took on 40 years of privatisation
https://weownit.org.uk/news/burnham-criticises-40-years-of-privatisation/
#Politics #ThamesWater #Burnham #RiverWey -
As a society we really need to fuck over the Thames Water's of the land.
When is Labour going to do something, the Greens have already started....
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Thames Water, I refuse to pay the sewage charge in my bill while you pollute Britain’s rivers and coastlines | Jenny Jones
By Jenny JonesI will calmly read all the threatening letters and await the court case against me. But I will take a stand even if our government won’t
#ThamesWater #Waterbills #Waterindustry #Nationalisation #Utilities #Rivers #Pollution #Water #Householdbills #Politics #UKnews #Environment #TheGuardian #JennyJones
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✅ Zero (0) Thames Water outlets are currently discharging waste into UK waterways! #ThamesWater #Bot
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😮 One (1) Thames water outlet is currently discharging waste into UK waterways! #ThamesWater #Bot
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💩 3 Thames Water outlets are currently discharging waste into UK waterways! #ThamesWater #Bot
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💩 9 Thames Water outlets are currently discharging waste into UK waterways! #ThamesWater #Bot
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💩 2 Thames Water outlets are currently discharging waste into UK waterways! #ThamesWater #Bot
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😮 One (1) Thames water outlet is currently discharging waste into UK waterways! #ThamesWater #Bot
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💩 3 Thames Water outlets are currently discharging waste into UK waterways! #ThamesWater #Bot
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✅ Zero (0) Thames Water outlets are currently discharging waste into UK waterways! #ThamesWater #Bot
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Andy Burnham’s autumn of pain– podcast
By Presented by Kiran Stacey and Peter Walker, produced by Ned Carter Miles, music by Axel Kacoutié; the executive producer was Frankie TobiIt’s been a month since Andy Burnham became prime minister. And while polls have shown a ‘Burnham bounce’, the coming months will force the new PM into making some tough – and potentially unpopular – decisions that will reveal how serious he is about delivering the changes he believes the country needs. Kiran Stacey and Peter Walker look at the choices facing Burnham
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/audio/2026/aug/27/andy-burnhams-autumn-of-pain-podcast
#AndyBurnham #Labour #Politics #Labourpartyleadership #UKnews #ThamesWater #Energybills #Business #Householdbills #Money #Consumeraffairs #Economics #Economicpolicy #TheGuardian #PresentedbyKiranStacey #PeterWalker #producedbyNedCarterMiles #musicbyAxelKacouti #theexecutiveproducerwasFrankieTobi
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I am not sure that poisoning your customers (even if they have no choice of the matter of where they purchase it) is a sound long term business proposition. But then extracting money, expatriating it as quickly as possible and loading the ‘vehicle’ with debt has always been a working principle of the privatised English water companies.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/27/forever-chemicals-london-thames-water
#Water #Pollution #England #ThamesWater #Environment #Privatisation
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💩 6 Thames Water outlets are currently discharging waste into UK waterways! #ThamesWater #Bot
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‘Forever chemicals’ surge during pilot of Thames Water plan to combat drought
By Sandra Laville Environment correspondentExclusive: utility company wants to draw off tens of millions of litres of water a day from Thames and replace it with treated effluent
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/27/forever-chemicals-london-thames-water
#Water #ThamesWater #Pollution #Drought #EnvironmentAgency #Waterindustry #Environment #UKnews #Rivers #TheGuardian #SandraLavilleEnvironmentcorrespondent
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‘Forever chemicals’ surge during pilot of Thames Water plan to combat drought https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/27/forever-chemicals-london-thames-water #Water #ThamesWater #Pollution #Drought #EnvironmentAgency #WaterIndustry #Environment #UkNews #Rivers
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Burnham mulls insolvency law shake-up to help bring utilities under public control
By Helena Horton and Kiran StaceyExclusive: Rules on special administration seen as potential ‘roadblock’ to reshaping how UK’s essential services are run
#ThamesWater #Waterindustry #Utilities #Waterbills #Business #Nationalisation #TheGuardian #HelenaHorton #KiranStacey
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RE: https://mastox.eu/@ZackPolanski/117155376780816940
If there's not already, there will soon be wars over access to clean water, and here we are having sold all ours off to parasites and we suffer because of it.
Andy says "no"
#WaterCompanies #Nationalisation #ClimateCrisis #UKPol #UKPolitics #ThamesWater #UKPol #UKPolitics
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🤑Thames Water's US hedge fund creditors are pulling every trick in the book to avoid nationalisation.
But they still want to be allowed to pollute illegally until 2030 without penalty.
It's absurd. The 16 million people who depend on Thames Water are being treated with total contempt.
Public ownership now. No excuses, no delays.
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From Scotland, I look at England’s water privatisation disaster. I wish you had done what we did | Devi Sridhar
By Devi SridharListening to debate, you’d think bringing English water companies into public ownership was a radical socialist idea. Here, we call it common sense
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/25/scotland-england-water-privatisation-disaster
#Waterindustry #Water #Utilities #Scotland #ThamesWater #Waterbills #Environment #Business #UKnews #Householdbills #TheGuardian #DeviSridhar
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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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Always remember how Macquarie built its millionaires on outrageous tolls and charges | John Quiggin
By John QuigginAs Shemara Wikramanayake retires with shares worth hundreds of millions, the public is left counting the cost of high prices for utilities, roads and airports
#Banking #Australianeconomy #ThamesWater #Qantas #Telstra #TheGuardian #JohnQuiggin
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#ThamesWater fight #Burnham as rumours of temporary nationalisation swirl
https://www.thecanary.co/trending/2026/07/18/thames-water-nationalisation-2/
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https://www.europesays.com/uk/707330/ UK takes aim at struggling water sector with new regulator #Britain #EmmaReynolds #England #GreatBritain #NorthernIreland #Regulator #Scotland #SewageSpills #ThamesWater #TheGovernment #UK #UnitedKingdom #Wales #WaterSector
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#WaterShortage fears as Labour’s first #AIGrowth zone sited close to new #reservoir
First #datacentre site proposed seven miles from #AbingdonReservoir planned for water-stressed #SouthEastEngland
by Helena Horton Environment reporter
Mon 13 Jan 2025"Labour’s first artificial intelligence growth zone will be sited close to the UK’s first new reservoir in 30 years, sparking fears that the AI push will add to the 'severe pressure' on water supplies in the area.
"Keir Starmer announced on Monday that he would hugely increase artificial intelligence capacity and reduce planning restrictions on companies that wanted to build datacentres by setting up '#GrowthZones' with fewer constraints [like #ExportProcessingZones and #FreeTradeZones].
"The first of these will be in #CulhamOxfordshire, only seven miles from a reservoir planned by #ThamesWater in Abingdon, which was supposed to provide water to people in the severely water-stressed south-east of England. This is the area of the country most at risk of running out of water, according to the Environment Agency. #Oxfordshire has faced particular issues, with areas reliant on #BottledWater during #heatwaves.
"AI datacentres use a large amount of water, as their servers generate heat. To prevent computer systems overheating and shutting down, the centres use cooling towers and outside air systems, both of which need clean, fresh water. AI consumes between 1.8 and 12 litres of water for each kilowatt hour of energy usage across Microsoft’s global datacentres. One study estimates that global AI could account for up to 6.6bn cubic metres of water use by 2027 – the equivalent of nearly two-thirds of England’s annual consumption.
"Even without a big increase in AI datacentres, by 2050, England faces a shortfall of nearly 5bn litres of water a day between the sustainable supplies available and the expected demand. This is more than a third of the 14bn litres of water currently put into public supply. The south-east faces a potential deficit of more than 2.5bn litres a day in the same period.
"AI could wipe out gains made by businesses in reducing their water consumption; the government is seeking a 9% reduction in non-household (business) consumption by 2037-38 from 2019-20 levels, and currently businesses are on course to achieve a reduction of 6.1%.
Adrian Ramsay MP, Green Party co-leader, said: 'While communities will face #heatwaves, #droughts and water shortages over the coming decades, this strategy locks us into pumping huge amounts of water into AI datacentres. One estimate said AI-related infrastructure may soon consume six times more water than Denmark, a country of 6 million people. What will this mean for residents in water-stressed communities like Culham in Oxfordshire?'"
Read more:
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/13/labour-ai-datacentre-growth-zone-water-shortages-abingdon-reservoir
#WaterIsLife #DataCenters #WaterShortages #NoWaterForData #NoWaterForAI #NoNukesForAI #BigData -
#ThamesWater boss defends exec #bonuses as #SewageSpills soar
Thames reported a 40% rise in #sewage #pollution with 359 incidents in the six months to September.
Lora Jones & Simon Jack, December 10, 2024
"The boss of Thames Water has defended executive bonuses as the firm calls for a hike in customer bills to ensure its survival.
"Chris Weston said the supplier needed to offer "competitive packages" to attract talent, but the water regulator has previously said that customers must not foot the bill for "undeserved bonuses".
"It comes as the embattled company saw a 40% increase in pollution incidents in the six months to 30 September, as its debts continued to swell, according to its latest set of results.
"Thames approaches a critical moment next week, with Ofwat set to decide whether to allow a proposed 59% increase in consumer bills over the next five years.
"The ailing business is saddled with debts which stood at just under £16bn at the end of September.
"The firm has said customer bills need to rise or else it will not be able to recover from its financial crisis. However, if the company does collapse, water supplies will not be affected.
"Water firms across the UK have faced a fierce backlash over sewage discharges and pipe leaks in recent years, but Thames has been in the spotlight given its debt pile, and the fact one in four people in the UK rely on it.
"Critics have argued the water industry has historically neglected investment in favour of paying executive bonuses and shareholder dividends.
"But on Tuesday, Mr Weston defended bosses getting £770,000 in bonuses.
"'I completely understand that there are customers out there who struggle with their bills,' he added, pointing to bill support offered to about 377,000 customers in the last year.
"Mr Weston, who was hired in January, was also awarded a bonus of £195,000 for his first three months at the company."
Read more:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg4zklxgwwwo#WaterIsLife #ThamesRiver #England #PowerCorruptionAndLies #EatTheRich
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#ThamesWater boss defends exec #bonuses as #SewageSpills soar
Thames reported a 40% rise in #sewage #pollution with 359 incidents in the six months to September.
Lora Jones & Simon Jack, December 10, 2024
"The boss of Thames Water has defended executive bonuses as the firm calls for a hike in customer bills to ensure its survival.
"Chris Weston said the supplier needed to offer "competitive packages" to attract talent, but the water regulator has previously said that customers must not foot the bill for "undeserved bonuses".
"It comes as the embattled company saw a 40% increase in pollution incidents in the six months to 30 September, as its debts continued to swell, according to its latest set of results.
"Thames approaches a critical moment next week, with Ofwat set to decide whether to allow a proposed 59% increase in consumer bills over the next five years.
"The ailing business is saddled with debts which stood at just under £16bn at the end of September.
"The firm has said customer bills need to rise or else it will not be able to recover from its financial crisis. However, if the company does collapse, water supplies will not be affected.
"Water firms across the UK have faced a fierce backlash over sewage discharges and pipe leaks in recent years, but Thames has been in the spotlight given its debt pile, and the fact one in four people in the UK rely on it.
"Critics have argued the water industry has historically neglected investment in favour of paying executive bonuses and shareholder dividends.
"But on Tuesday, Mr Weston defended bosses getting £770,000 in bonuses.
"'I completely understand that there are customers out there who struggle with their bills,' he added, pointing to bill support offered to about 377,000 customers in the last year.
"Mr Weston, who was hired in January, was also awarded a bonus of £195,000 for his first three months at the company."
Read more:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg4zklxgwwwo#WaterIsLife #ThamesRiver #England #PowerCorruptionAndLies #EatTheRich
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#ThamesWater boss defends exec #bonuses as #SewageSpills soar
Thames reported a 40% rise in #sewage #pollution with 359 incidents in the six months to September.
Lora Jones & Simon Jack, December 10, 2024
"The boss of Thames Water has defended executive bonuses as the firm calls for a hike in customer bills to ensure its survival.
"Chris Weston said the supplier needed to offer "competitive packages" to attract talent, but the water regulator has previously said that customers must not foot the bill for "undeserved bonuses".
"It comes as the embattled company saw a 40% increase in pollution incidents in the six months to 30 September, as its debts continued to swell, according to its latest set of results.
"Thames approaches a critical moment next week, with Ofwat set to decide whether to allow a proposed 59% increase in consumer bills over the next five years.
"The ailing business is saddled with debts which stood at just under £16bn at the end of September.
"The firm has said customer bills need to rise or else it will not be able to recover from its financial crisis. However, if the company does collapse, water supplies will not be affected.
"Water firms across the UK have faced a fierce backlash over sewage discharges and pipe leaks in recent years, but Thames has been in the spotlight given its debt pile, and the fact one in four people in the UK rely on it.
"Critics have argued the water industry has historically neglected investment in favour of paying executive bonuses and shareholder dividends.
"But on Tuesday, Mr Weston defended bosses getting £770,000 in bonuses.
"'I completely understand that there are customers out there who struggle with their bills,' he added, pointing to bill support offered to about 377,000 customers in the last year.
"Mr Weston, who was hired in January, was also awarded a bonus of £195,000 for his first three months at the company."
Read more:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg4zklxgwwwo#WaterIsLife #ThamesRiver #England #PowerCorruptionAndLies #EatTheRich
