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Ayesha Hazarika

OPINION - Thames Water’s toxic mix of debt and sewage shows that privatisation has failed

Another day, another story about the literal s**tshow that our water companies have become.

Yesterday Thames Water was fined £3.3 million for pumping so much undiluted sewage into the rivers near Gatwick Airport in 2017 that the water turned black, killing more than a thousand fish, including, ironically, brown trout. It’s kind of funny until you realise that our cherished rivers have become a kind of vomit-inducing diarrhoea soup. I’m no fan of those outdoor swimmers, but enough is enough.

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