it's disgraceful, publicly invested infrastructure being carved up, sold piece by piece and then left to rot. The competition watchdogs are clearly just for show and have no actual teeth. #ukwater #ukwaters #waterindustry #UKSewage

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/may/20/revealed-warning-to-ministers-over-privatised-water-kept-secret-since-2002

Thames Water has created an interactive map showing their #sewage discharges. It's not a pretty sight:
https://www.thameswater.co.uk/edm-map
#UKSewage

When we say that English Water companies are owned by overseas private equity firms, this is shorthand for private equity firms from Qatar, US, Abu Dhabi, China, Australia, Singapore, Germany, Canada, Malaysia, Hong Kong and we simply don't know how many more.

And, of course, most of these private equity firms are registered in places like Jersey and the Cayman Islands.

It's hard to say exactly who owns the English water companies, but it's definitely not the English people.

#UKSewage

When we say that English Water companies are owned by overseas private equity firms, this is shorthand for private equity firms from Qatar, US, Abu Dhabi, China, Australia, Singapore, Germany, Canada, Malaysia, Hong Kong and more.

And, of course, most of these private equity firms are registered in places like Jersey and the Cayman Islands.

It's hard to say exactly who owns the English water companies, but it's definitely not the English people.

#UKSewage

In fairness to the water companies, while essentially correct, the above post has oversimplified the issue. The water companies do make some valid points about how government legislation has failed them. Read the article at the top.

It seems that both the government AND the water companies have been completely negligent about the sewage problem. It's the rest of us that have to live with the results floating out in our rivers and the sea.

#UKSewage
#ToxicTories

The revelations about hidden letters between the U.K. government and water companies does embarass the government, but the water companies seem to come off even worse.The main argument from the water companies seems to be that they haven't stopped dumping sewage because the government haven't changed the law to force them to stop dumping sewage. Just stop dumping sewage. The whole thing stinks.

#UKSewage

"No wonder the environment department sat on these letters for so long, they are highly embarrassing. They prove successive conservative ministers have buried their heads in the sand while Britain’s coastlines have been polluted with foul sewage."

Tim Farron,
LibDem.

#UKSewage

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/26/water-chiefs-blame-uk-government-for-failure-to-stop-sewage-pollution