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Thames Water fined £3.3m after rivers turn black with sewage killing 1,400 fish

The firm has been fined £3.3m after more than 1,400 fish were killed when the sewage was dumped into the Gatwick Stream in Sussex and River Mole in Surrey in 2017

Daily Mirror

Crisis, crisis, everywhere … why regulatory failure is at the heart of Britain’s many problems

Thames Water’s woes are a sign that basic oversight of critical industries simply isn’t happening, says Nick Butler of King’s College London

The Guardian - UK

Henley regatta organisers complain of sewage pollution from Thames Water

Concerns raised after tests found stretch of river used for world-famous event had dangerous bacteria

The Guardian - UK

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England’s water firms should pay to fix illegal discharges, high court to hear

WildFish charity says £56bn plan to reduce sewage dumping from storm overflows is illegal because it expects customers to foot bill

The Guardian - UK

Thames Water dumped ‘millions of litres’ of sewage in river killing more than 1,000 fish

Untreated sewage was pumped into River Mole near Crawley for six and a half hours, turning water black

The Independent UK

Renationalising Thames Water would be a gamble – but there is another way to help clean up the industry

The privatisation of water companies in England and Wales was supposed to bring efficiency and investment to a vital sector that had been starved of public funding. But since 1989, the industry has failed to invest sufficiently in replacing antiquated pipes and sewage treatment systems.

The Conversation

Ex-Thames Water owner accused of ‘money-grabbing’ cuts to Cadent pension scheme

Exclusive: Cadent Gas, owned by Australia asset manager Macquarie, is considering closing its defined benefit scheme

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Chairman of firm £14billion in debt splashed out on Edinburgh penthouse and beach pad

Ian Marchant is stepping down as chairman with the firm billions of pounds in debt. But he also boasts an impressive property portfolio with a penthouse in Edinburgh

Edinburgh Live

The Guardian view on private water companies: a disaster made in the City

Editorial: England has become an asset management society with predictably calamitous results

The Guardian - UK

Thames Water shareholder gives backing to crisis-hit firm

USS support for turnaround plan comes as water company buckles under £14bn debt burden

The Guardian - UK

Chairman of firm £14bn in debt has plush Edinburgh penthouse and beach pad

Ian Marchant is stepping down as chairman with the firm billions of pounds in debt.

Daily Record

Chairman of sinking Thames Water has beach pad with pool and penthouse apartment

Ian Marchant earns a fortune as chairman of the company that is leaking hundreds of millions of litres of water every day and has £14bn worth of debt

Daily Mirror

Now, water bosses, you must show how capitalism can work for the common good

If there’s a lesson to be learned from the collapse of Thames Water, it is that utility giants have to pioneer a new kind of company

The Guardian - UK

The failures of privatisation can be found in our toxic rivers and our failing water companies

As Britain's biggest water company faces collapse and sewage fills our rivers, Liam Thorp says privatisation has left parts of our country in a state of near-collapse

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Exclusive: UK water giants recruit top staff from regulator Ofwat

Demands for an end to the ‘revolving door’ as ex-Ofwat directors are hired by key firms

Daily Mirror

'It's time to blow fatcat water company bosses OUT of the sector and take back control'

Now that Thames Water is at risk of going under, they think they should get help from the government- meaning we taxpayers would be paying to clean up their mess.

The Guardian - UK

Water privatisation was right, says Michael Howard amid debt concerns

Tory peer says in light of Thames Water troubles that firms should not have been allowed to borrow so much

Evening Standard

London’s Super Sewer gets underground flower garden

Garden unveiled as project boss says it is ‘inconceivable’ that Thames Water’s financial woes will derail London’s new £4.5bn sewage system

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Thames Water with a dash of Ponzi scheme

Letters: Louis Berk thinks Bernie Madoff couldn’t have pulled off a better deception, Alan Gray is glad to hear of the water company’s ‘strong liquidity position’, and John Powell thinks Dŵr Cymru has the right idea

The Guardian - UK

Severn Trent chief proposes ‘social purpose’ water firms amid utilities crisis

Liv Garfield seeks backing from Labour for reforms as government eyes temporary renationalisation of Thames Water

Evening Standard

Thames Water fined £24,000 after leaving manhole uncovered during South Kensington works

The local council said the works posed a risk to the public

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan: Thames Water crisis proves ‘privatisation hasn’t worked’

The mayor criticised the monopoly enjoyed by the company and claimed the Government had failed to regulate it

The Guardian - UK

Sewage in kitchens and ‘white elephant’ projects: why Thames Water is struggling

The shock departure of its chief executive this week is not the only problem the water company is facing

The Conversation

How Thames Water came to be flooded with debt – and what it means for taxpayers

Thames Water is reportedly on the brink of collapse. The UK’s largest water company, well known for its high levels of water leakage, sewage spills, executive pay and dividend payments, now appears to be flooded with debts that it cannot afford to pay.

The Guardian - UK

Labour MPs urge Keir Starmer to commit to nationalising water firms

Exclusive: Thames Water crisis prompts call for rethink on party’s decision to ditch nationalisation policy

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