The Latest Breaking News from Thames Water

Alan Titchmarsh hits out over gardeners being 'demonised' by water companies during heatwave

The gardening legend, 77, was left ‘depressed’ by the ‘horror stories’ he was hearing

Evening Standard · 7h ago

London commuters hit by 'unacceptable' days-long water outage as MP demands answers

Thames Water later confirmed that a normal service had resumed at 5.15pm on Monday, after a weekend of outages for customers in Surrey and southwest London

Evening Standard · Oct 12

Survey finds 'disgusting' human waste and pollution across London's rivers

Plumbing misconnections mean that washing machines, toilets and sinks are discharging wastewater directly into local waterways

Evening Standard · Oct 11

South West Water owner taps investors to fix infrastructure after sewage spills

Pennon slashes dividend and launches £550m cash call ‘to drive improved outcomes for customers and communities’

The Guardian - UK · Oct 7

AI tech could be nationalised, Green Party deputy leader suggests

Rachel Millward said a Green government would immediately bring water companies in public ownership.

Evening Standard · Oct 3

South London hit by second water main incident in a week as MP says network is 'at breaking point'

London MP Paul Kohler said the two incidents highlighted the poor state of the region's water infrastructure

Evening Standard · Oct 3

Water companies should be nationalised immediately, Greens to say

Rachel Millward will argue the Prime Minister is ‘making a mistake by delaying any action’ against firms such as Thames Water.

Evening Standard · Oct 3

Thames Water forced to apologise after blunder sees £145,000 taken from customer’s account

Teacher Adam Bainbridge discovered early on Thursday morning that a payment of £145,562 to Thames Water had been debited from his bank account

The Independent UK · Oct 1

London family's horror £145,000 bill shock after Thames Water debiting blunder

Teacher left reeling after payment of £145,562 to Thames Water debited from bank account

Evening Standard · Oct 1

Thames Water issues apology to 17,000 east London residents left without water during heatwave

Households in east London and Essex were forced to rely on bottled water during the five-day outage

Evening Standard · Sep 30