The Latest Breaking News from Thames Water

The FTSE 100 moved 40.77 points lower, or 0.49%, to close at 8,308.61.

Deal would result in France’s Suez Group being brought in to manage restructure of water company

The plans would see French water firm Suez brought in to help run the company while Covalis breaks Thames Water up into smaller chunks.

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Castle Water is said to be among those planning to put in potential bids for an equity cash injection into Thames Water.

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Companies say higher returns are needed to ensure record infrastructure investment across industry is delivered

David Black said water companies need to make ‘changes across the board’ but he ‘wouldn’t agree’ that regulators have failed.

Burst water main near Victoria Station forces closure on major central London road during rush hour

For the first time, anyone in England can now access real-time information of where combined sewer overflows (CSOs) are discharging untreated wastewater into our waterways. This week, all water companies published details of how anyone can access the status of thousands of “event duration monitors”, devices that are placed on…