Ben Taylor · @VoxDei
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"Sir John Armitt told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “By 2050, the Environment Agency and the water companies believe that about £50bn needs to be invested to get sewage overflows down to an acceptable level."

Right. My local water company, South West Water, is paying £112M in dividends this year. There are ten water and sewerage companies in England, if we assume they're all about that level then that is £1.1bn per year. Counting 2023 and 2050 there are 28 years to go on that clock, so there's ~£31bn right there.

I'm sorry, water companies should not be paying dividends at the same time as a) breaking the law over sewage discharges and b) arguing that bills need to go up massively to pay for fixing that. They've got the money, they need to (be forced to) spend it on regulatory compliance before kickbacks to shareholders.

theguardian.com/environment/20

#uk #water #waterbills #sewage

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News18 India · @News18India
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Addressing a press conference at the Delhi Secretariat, Kejriwal said the government plans to implement the scheme from August 1 and the consumers will receive the corrected bills after that

news18.com/india/delhi-govt-to

#delhigovt #settlementscheme #waterbills #lakhconsumers #arrears

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Political Cartoon Gallery · @PoliticalCartoon
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Chris Riddell on - political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com

#SewageScandal #sewage #watercompanies #water #waterbills #makethepolluterpay

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Political Cartoon Gallery · @PoliticalCartoon
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Peter Brookes on - political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com

#SewageScandal #sewage #watercompanies #water #waterbills #makethepolluterpay

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Political Cartoon Gallery · @PoliticalCartoon
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Dave Brown on - political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com

#SewageScandal #sewage #watercompanies #water #waterbills #makethepolluterpay

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