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Thames Water to run out of money by end of the year
Wednesday 15 July 2026 7:51 am Thames Water is fighting off possible nationalisat…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #Business #defra #Economics #emmareynolds #ofwat #Regulation #ThamesWater #thameswaternfrastructure #UK #ukeconomy #UKGovernment #UnitedKingdom #Water #WaterAct #waterbills #watercompanies #watercompany #watercompliance #waterfirms #waterindustry #waterinfrastructure #Waterquality #waterreforms #wateruk
https://www.newsbeep.com/645275/
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
'Many protected[sic] landscapes owned by #English #WaterFirms in disrepair, data shows
Exclusive: Figures reveal just 16% of company-controlled #SitesOfSpecialScientificInterest are in good condition'
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/31/water-companies-natural-england-sites-special-scientific-interest
#SSSI #ThatchersLegacy #PollutingForProfit
#England & #Wales #WaterFirms ask for bill rises of between 24% and 91%
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce55vp78n40o.amp
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ThatchersLegacy #PrivateProfitPublicCost #Greedflation #PayBackTheDividends
‘Dirty secret’: insiders say #UK #WaterFirms knowingly break #sewage laws
Exclusive: Whistleblowers point to broader #SewageScandal, with #wastewater systems manipulated to divert sewage
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/20/dirty-secret-insiders-say-uk-water-firms-knowingly-breaking-sewage-laws
#ToryPoliciesInAction #Privatisation #ProfitBeforeEnvironment #DirtyParty #Pollution #PublicHealth
'#WaterFirms use up to 28% of bill payments to service debt in areas of #England
As English #WaterCompanies plan to hike bills, the Guardian reveals customers are paying a high price for combined debts of £60bn
Interactive: How much of your water bill is swallowed up by company debt?'
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2023/dec/18/water-firms-use-up-to-28-percent-of-bill-payments-to-service-debt-in-areas-of-england
#ToryPoliciesInAction #PrivateProfitPublicCost
#English #WaterFirms ask customers to pay for £96bn plan to cuts #leaks and #discharges [& #profits] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/02/uk-water-companies-plan-cut-leaks-sewage-discharges
#ToryPoliciesInAction #PollutionParty #SewageScandal #Environment #ProfitsBeforePeople
#WaterFirms in #England and #Wales ordered to cut £114m from bills
Fewer than half of companies meeting their targets on leaks, says the regulator, #Ofwat
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/sep/26/water-firms-england-wales-cut-customers-bills-ofwat
#ToryPoliciesInAction #DirtyParty #WaterCompanies #Pollution #ProfitBeforeEnvironment #Environment #Water
#EnvironmentAgency failing to monitor #WaterFirms in #England, data suggests
Watchdog is supposed to audit firms yearly to ensure they are not illegally #DumpingSewage, but 36% of audits since 2010 are missing
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/13/environment-agency-failing-to-monitor-water-firms-in-england-data-suggests
#ToryPoliciesInAction #Austerity #PublicSpendingCuts #ToryPollutionParty #DirtyParty #SewageScandal #WaterCompanies #Privatisation #Pollution #Environment #PublicHealth #Rivers #Wildlife #Sustainability
Public could receive hundreds of millions as #WaterFirms face #sewage lawsuit
Class action legal claim on behalf of 20 million householders in #England and #Wales could top £800m in compensation
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/aug/09/public-could-receive-hundreds-of-millions-as-water-firms-face-sewage-lawsuit
‘The whole thing stinks’: #WaterFirms to pay £15bn to #shareholders as customers foot #sewage bill
With cost of cleanup to be passed on to bill payers, analysis shows they will also pay £624 more by 2030 to fund investor payouts
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2023/may/20/the-whole-thing-stinks-uk-water-firms-to-pay-15bn-to-shareholders-as-customers-foot-sewage-bill #SewageScandal #ToryPoliciesInAction #ToryPollutionParty
