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

https://youtube.com/watch?v=TD_kqnXCUoc&feature=share #sewage #sewageuk #news #environment #uk #uknews

Water companies say sorry and promise to get their shit together, boast about new investment but make sure that costs will be recouped from customers through "unspecified increases in their bills."

Meanwhile, privatised water and sewage companies in the UK paid £1.4bn in dividends in 2022, up from £540m the previous year. Annual bonuses paid to water company executives rose by 20% in 2021.

#UKWater
#SewageUK

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/may/18/uk-water-companies-offer-apology-and-10bn-investment-for-sewage-spills?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

At last, England’s dying rivers are an election issue – and the danger isn’t just sewage - The Guardian https://apple.news/AUDWx3wv_TGC2TT5Kaf8_6g #sewage #sewageuk #election #elections #england #tories

Shysters Gallery: Steve Mogford of major polluter United Utilities retired on 31 March and in the months beforehand sold his shares for just under £1.4m. The company’s pipes spilled sewage into the River Ellen, near the Lake District. (Source; The Guardian) #waterutilities #sewageuk

Ministers treating coastal areas like ‘open sewers’, says Labour - The Guardian https://apple.news/AvEK5CRpDSDOmPwQu_kVh3w #sewage #sewageuk #uk #tories

I hadn't even realised this was an issue..
https://goodlawproject.org/new-were-supporting-an-intervention-in-a-supreme-court-appeal-against-sewage-dumping/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_campaign=ManchesterShipCanalAsk070223&utm_medium=social%20media

#sewageuk #canal

#water
#sewageuk

@RoyMotteram @MarkHoltom

Which is what several rail did. Some were simply replaced by another franchise.

But the EA & regulator need teeth.

Somewhere in the reports was that flood sensors were lacking.

Water company fined after raw sewage killed 5,000 fish | The Independent
#Sewage
#AnglianWater
#SewageUK
#DeadFish

Discharge went unnoticed for nearly 24 hours, leaving trout jumping out of water and gasping for breath

https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/water-company-sewage-river-fine-fish-b2261975.html

@goodlawproject
There's also been sewage released into the River Itchen where it is a chalk stream
#Sewage
#SewageUK

https://www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/news/23222171.brambridge-sewage-flows-iconic-hampshire-chalk-stream/

RT @Britain_People@twitter.com

🔴Target date for cleaning up waterways in England is moved to 2063

So the destruction of our waterways and other natural assets is almost beyond reach.

#SewageUK

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/dec/22/target-date-for-cleaning-up-waterways-in-england-is-moved-back-by-36-years?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/Britain_People/status/1606388675729797120

RT @Feargal_Sharkey

"The water, which turned out to be raw sewage, seeped through the cracks and filled their home and garden."

The legacy of decades of regulatory incompetence and underinvestment by the water industry strikes again.

And gov does what exactly? #FeargalSharkey #sewage #sewageUK

🐦 🔗 https://twitter.com/Feargal_Sharkey/status/1592808811093712897