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What could this mean for Thames Water and customers? Bill rises for all companies until 2030 have already been announced by the regulator Ofwat, with Thames Water bills rising from an average £ ...
Thames Water saw a 40% increase in pollution incidents in the first half of the year as its debts continued to swell. ... and to pay for improvements to its network of pipes and sewers.
The suggested increases vary by supplier, with Thames Water customers facing an increase of £99 or 23%, Anglian customers looking at £66 or 13%, and Southern Water customers facing £183, an ...
In June 2018 regulators made Thames Water pay £65 million to customers, among other reasons because they failed to repair leaks. [82] In June 2023, Freedom of Information requests revealed that Thames Water leak levels were at their highest for five years. It was estimated to be losing 630 million litres (140 million imperial gallons) a day. [83]
In 1989 the Thames Water Authority was partly privatised, under the provisions of the Water Act 1989 [3] with the water and sewage responsibilities transferring to the newly established publicly quoted company of Thames Water, and the regulatory, land drainage and navigation responsibilities transferring to the newly created National Rivers Authority which later became the Environment Agency.
Another example is in Marunda where TPJ completely waived connection fees and even installed in-house connections for free for 1,600 households using a grant from Thames Water. It allowed the poorest households to pay the connection fee in 12 monthly instalments through the water bill.
Thames Water has been at the centre of growing public outrage over the extent of pollution, rising bills, high dividends, and executive pay and bonuses at the UK’s privatised water firms.
Hampton Water Treatment Works buildings alongside the A308. Hampton Water Treatment Works are water treatment works located on the River Thames in Hampton, London.Built in the second half of the 19th Century to supply London with fresh water, the Waterworks was in the past a significant local employer, and its brick pumphouses dominate the local landscape. [1]