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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. [81] 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. [82]
The embattled Thames Water saw a 40% increase in pollution incidents in the first half of the year as its debts continued to swell. The UK's biggest water firm reported 359 so-called category one ...
For example, Thames Water, the UK's largest water company, was given the go-ahead to lift bills by 23%. It has since said it needs to raise bills by 59%, in order to keep operating as normal.
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.
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 saw a 40% increase in pollution incidents in the first half as its debts continued to spiral. ... rising bills, high dividends, and executive pay and bonuses at the UK’s privatised ...