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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, and Mr ...
Scandal-hit Thames Water was close to needing to be bailed out by taxpayers this year (Alamy/PA) After confirming in July that it would allow costs to increase by 21 per cent, with a view to fund ...
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 £ ...
The Environment Agency also launched a criminal investigation into all water companies. [1] In August 2024, Ofwat, the British regulator for the water and sewerage industry, put forward a proposal to fine £168m Thames Water, Yorkshire Water and Northumbrian Water because they released sewage too early ahead of heavy rain falls. [10]
Mr Marcic’s property in Stanmore, 92 Old Church Lane, was repeatedly flooded with "foul water" and sewage after Thames Water plc failed to maintain the sewers: "two such incidents in 1992, one in each year from 1993 to 1996, two in 1997, none in 1998, four in 1999 and four or five in 2000." Repairs had not been made because they were not ...
The crisis engulfing Thames Water, which serves 15 million customers in London and the south-east, comes amid renewed focus on the industry which over the last year has been condemned for sewage ...
Thames Water also removes, treats and disposes of 4.6 billion litres (1,000 million imperial gallons) of wastewater per day from 15.5 million customers (6 million properties) using 5,123 sewage pumping stations through 109,292 km (67,911 mi) of managed sewerage mains to 353 sewage treatment works across an area of 13,000 km 2 (5,000 sq mi) of ...
Water industry ownership restrictions that prevent consolidation mean the money spent on the bailout of Bulb could be dwarfed if Thames Water was to fail. Sarah Bentley was paid £1.6mn despite ...