At least Thames Water are offering to treat the sewage before putting it in the rivers, rather than releasing more raw sewage.

'Thames Water plans include draining water from Thames, replacing it with treated effluent, despite objections'

https://wokingham.today/thames-water-plans-include-draining-water-from-thames-replacing-it-with-treated-effluent-despite-objections/

#sewage #Thames #UK #river #ThamesWater

Just received a water bill from #ThamesWater and I’m frankly furious that it still exists.

Do you know what? I’ve lost patience with massive water companies telling me to cut my shower time in half while the government helps them to load up their carpet bag with our money which they should be using to keep the pipes from leaking all the water away. FTLOG, #YouHadOneJob, #ThamesWater

A water crisis in the United Kingdom reopens the privatisation debate.

Debt-ridden Thames Water, the company managing the water supply of the London area, announced on Monday it had raised €880 million from its shareholders.

But the company has a debt of nearly €16 billion.

The government said in June it was ready for any scenario, amid concerns the largest water company in the UK may go under.

https://www.euronews.com/2023/07/11/water-crisis-in-united-kingdom-reopens-privatisation-debate

#UK #Water #ThamesWater #Privatisation #Nationalisation

"Contingency plans for the collapse of Thames Water are reportedly being drawn up by the UK government and the water watchdog, amid fears that Britain’s biggest water company cannot survive because of its huge debt pile."

#UK #UnitedKingdom #Water #Environment #Thames #ThamesWater

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jun/28/contingency-plans-reportedly-being-drawn-up-for-thames-water-collapse

RT Matt Edwards 🌍
🚰 When water companies like #ThamesWater were privatised, they had no debt.
💰 They have borrowed £53 BILLION, failed to invest in our infrastructure and paid out £72BILLION to shareholders.
🗣️ @CarolineLucas nails this - "Privatisation of water was a serious mistake." https://t.co/CXxOe3CNOq

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/greenmattbfd/status/1674304560356024320

"Thames Water’s boss Sarah Bentley has stepped down with immediate effect, a few days after it emerged that the leakage rate from the company’s pipes was at a five-year high and she gave up her annual bonuses over its environmental track record."

#UK #UnitedKingdom #Water #Environment #Thames #ThamesWater

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jun/27/thames-water-boss-steps-down-amid-backlash-over-environmental-performance

Bailing out a water company…

For the love of fuck, surely we HAVE to renationalise if only to avoid a litany of terrible puns?

#ThamesWater #SewageUK

"Thames Water has been told by the Environment Agency it needs to do more to fix the 630m litres of water it leaks a day before it starts taking water from the River Thames or from Wales to tackle drought problems."

#ThamesWater #Environment #Water #UK #UnitedKingdom #Drought

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/28/thames-water-ordered-to-fix-leaks-before-pumping-millions-of-litres-from-rivers

RT @timetospeakoutt: As of this morning, #ThamesWater have been discharging diluted untreated #sewage into the beautiful limestone River Coln for 745 hours in a stream of effluent that began on 23 December last year. Time to #HoldThemToAccount 🤬 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/23/thames-waters-real-time-map-raw-sewage-discharges-rivers?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/catherinemep/status/1617651558493335553

"This is shocking stewardship of assets that were privatised a third of a century ago with the assurance that only the private sector could deliver the scale of investment needed for a cleaner, healthier, water business,” said Mark Hull, the author of the analysis report.
#Sewage #PrivatisedWater #ThamesWater #ToryBritain #Environment #Biodiversity #Rivers

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/11/thames-water-criticised-lack-investment-sewage-treatment-works?CMP=GTUK_email

RT @BrianMcHugh2011@twitter.com

Sewage dumping revealed

'It shows the extent to which Thames Water is reliant on being able to use our rivers and streams as toilets to deal with problems caused largely by underinvestment and profiteering.'

#ThamesWater

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/05/interactive-map-shows-thames-water-raw-sewage-discharges-in-england-rivers?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/BrianMcHugh2011/status/1610976796224225281

Good of Thames Water to end their hosepipe ban today! #thameswater

Lovely article about people becoming guardians of a river.

#London #environment #rivers #boats #England #ThamesWater #Roding
https://thelead.uk/londons-forgotten-river-and-barrister-who-saved-it