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Which water companies are in financial trouble – and which paid out bonuses?

As regulators try to clamp down on water company bonuses, the PA news agency breaks down what is going on at each firm around the country.

Evening Standard

Scandal-hit Thames Water blocked from paying 'undeserved' bonuses for top bosses from customers' money

Eight other water firms won’t be using customers’ funds to pay bonuses

Evening Standard

Southern Water gets rating downgrade amid ‘challenging funding conditions’

Southern’s latest downgrade by Fitch follows a similar move by ratings agency Moody’s earlier in November.

Evening Standard

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United Utilities raises shareholder payout despite Windermere pollution

Company said it was ‘making progress’ on reducing pollution, after reports that it illegally pumped millions of litres of sewage into the lake.

The Independent UK

Southern Water’s debt downgraded to junk status by Moody’s

Company close to technical default on some of its debt, underlining UK industry’s precarious state

The Guardian - UK

Revealed: water firms in England ‘passed’ pollution tests that were never carried out

Self-monitoring regime will change to plug loophole that allowed failing sewage plants to pass pollution checks

The Guardian - UK

Candy Wrappers Blocking Sewer In England

Block-buster teams found the unusual cause of the blockage in the sewer system.

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New Water Commission must create an environmental enforcer that is feared

The current division of responsibilities between Ofwat, the Environment Agency and Drinking Water Inspectorate hasn’t worked

The Guardian - UK

Water companies ask to raise bills by even more than first planned

Southern Water, Thames Water and others demanded steeper increases than set out earlier this year despite regulator Ofwat trying to reduce rises.

Evening Standard

Water companies push for higher bills again as customers face up to 84% hike

Utilities including beleaguered Thames Water have applied to the regulator, Ofwat, to hike tariffs so they can upgrade their networks

The Independent UK

Southern Water seeks to borrow up to £4bn from investors

Move could increase pressure on utility companies turning to bond markets amid crisis at Thames Water

The Guardian - UK

Emergency plan drawn up for water to be imported from Norway in case of extreme drought

The move by Southern Water could see up to 45 million litres of water shipped to the UK per day in case of an ‘extreme drought emergency’

The Independent UK

Southern Water considers shipping supplies from Norwegian fjords to UK

Contingency plan using sea tankers to deal with future shortages would be paid for from customers’ bills

The Guardian - UK

Billpayers in England and Wales tricked into ‘stealth bailout’ of water companies

Campaign group challenges industry regulator over price rises for customers that will pay to upgrade infrastructure

The Guardian - UK

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The Independent UK

Couple billed £12,000 by water companies for non-existent leak describe four-year ‘torture’

‘It was like torture – like water torture – like a steady drip’

The Independent UK

River Medway has dangerous levels of cancer causing toxic chemicals

Testing from the Environment Agency found substances that can be deadly to humans and wildlife

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s just raw profiteering’: the people refusing to pay their water bills in response to the sewage crisis

People across England and Wales are refusing to pay for water companies to dispose of sewage after sharp increases in spills

The Guardian - UK

Real-time water quality monitors installed at wild swimming spots in southern England

AI-based system designed to help people assess immediate risk of getting ill from water polluted with bacteria

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The Guardian - UK

Southern Water boss handed £183,000 bonus despite huge rise in bills

Award for Lawrence Gosden comes after criticism of business plan and attempts to increase bills by 73%

The Guardian - UK

£1.2bn plan to turn sewage waste into drinking water branded a ‘white elephant’

Southern Water says it wants to protect rare chalk streams, but campaigners say it could pollute the Solent

The Independent UK

Water bills to rise by average of £94 over next five years in England and Wales

However, some regions will see greater increases – with Southern Water bills rising by £183, or 44 per cent

The Guardian - UK

Cheap sales, debt and foreign takeovers: how privatisation changed the water industry

Familiar concerns over bosses’ pay, prices and borrowing emerged in the utilities’ early years in private hands, with UK dubbed the ‘dirty man of Europe’

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer urged to act on water bill rises in England and Wales

Stephen Fry and other celebrities join unions and activists in calling on PM to launch review of water ownership

The Guardian - UK

Water firm seizes stake in Devon sewage protester’s home over unpaid bills

Imogen May has withheld payments since 2019 and is thought to be one of thousands boycotting water charges

The Guardian - UK

Only three water company prosecutions in England and Wales for unfit drinking supply

Figures show breaches have rarely led to prosecution by Drinking Water Inspectorate since 2021

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