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The Latest Breaking News from Thames Water

‘I’ve seen solid waste float by’: Surrey riverside residents try to Stop the Poo

The sewage treatment works at Horley seem to be crumbling, much like owner Thames Water itself

The Guardian - UK · Mar 12, 2024

Come clean on secret taxpayer rescue plans for Thames Water, MP demands

Exclusive: Sarah Olney to press in parliament for details of scheme being drawn up in event of supplier’s collapse

The Guardian - UK · Mar 12, 2024

Thames Water refuses to contribute to £180million anti-pollution fund

The Government is reportedly ‘dissapointed’ in the company’s decision

Evening Standard · Mar 12, 2024

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Thames Water accused of ‘misleading’ customers over level of debt payments

Britain’s biggest water company said just 3p in every pound that appeared on bills went to its lenders

The Guardian - UK · Mar 12, 2024

Thames Water absent from industry’s £180m anti-pollution drive

Ministers disappointed by decision of one of worst sewage dumpers not to join England-wide initiative

The Guardian - UK · Mar 11, 2024

Hundreds of thousands of Thames Water customers may be unable to pay bills from April

Prediction comes as Britain’s biggest water supplier battles to stabilise its finances

Evening Standard · Feb 28, 2024

Thames Water lobbying government to let it increase bills by 40%

UK’s largest water company also calls for dividend payouts and lower fines for breaches to avoid taxpayer bailout

The Guardian - UK · Feb 28, 2024

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The Guardian - UK · Feb 28, 2024

Oxfordshire housing development ‘should be blocked due to failing sewage system’

Environment Agency objects to plans for 1,450 new homes, saying Thames Water’s Oxford plant cannot cope with more demand

The Guardian - UK · Feb 27, 2024

Thames Water charged me for enough water to make 1m cups of tea

Even though the supplier acknowledges the problem, it hasn’t done anything

The Guardian - UK · Feb 13, 2024

Thames Water forecasts more leaks over next two years than predicted

Revision will pile further pressure on firm to invest in infrastructure amid anger over its sewage-dumping record

The Guardian - UK · Feb 12, 2024

Ofwat’s scheme to fine poorly performing companies ‘a gimmick’

Lib Dems dismiss plan saying water fines need to go to consumers rather than to the Treasury

The Guardian - UK · Feb 12, 2024

Ofwat orders Thames Water to produce turnaround plan over sewage record

Debt-laden firm had allowed rivers to become polluted and homes to be flooded with sewage, MPs hear

The Guardian - UK · Feb 7, 2024

Londoners face inflation-busting 6% hike in water bills

Industry group Water UK says higher bills will mean more investment

Evening Standard · Feb 2, 2024

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The Guardian - UK · Feb 2, 2024

Water firms in England and Wales urged to invest profits in cutting bills

Suppliers expected to charge average 6% more from April despite public anger at underinvestment and sewage dumping

Evening Standard · Jan 24, 2024

Sadiq Khan calls out ‘scandal’ with five-fold increase in sewage dumped in Thames

Sewage flowed into the Thames for 6,590 hours, 11 minutes and 54 seconds over a seven-month period

The Guardian - UK · Jan 23, 2024

Households across Reading left without water for three days after burst mains

Thames Water struggled to rebuild pressure to homes after an incident at Pangbourne treatment works

Evening Standard · Jan 22, 2024

Sewage sludge used to heat 4,000 west London homes

The gas-to-grid project in Isleworth is the second scheme of its kind in London

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Evening Standard · Jan 22, 2024

Toxic sewage spills should trigger bonus ban for water bosses, says Labour

Labour has accused Tories of turning a 'blind eye to corruption'

The Guardian - UK · Jan 21, 2024

Tide of disapproval awaits new round of UK water companies’ price rises

News of the increases, due by the end of the month, comes amid rising anger over companies’ environmental records

The Guardian - UK · Jan 11, 2024

Thames Water bypassing local opposition in attempt to launch water recycling project

Company faced public backlash over scheme, which campaigners say threatens to increase river pollution

Evening Standard · Jan 11, 2024

Residents evacuated from flood-hit village outside London as rising Thames river water levels hits properties

Residents have been forced to evacuate from a riverside village just outside London days after the deluge from Storm Henk.

The Independent UK · Jan 10, 2024

Arctic air to bring big freeze as Met Office reveals when snow will hit UK next

The Met Office said a ‘more northerly wind’ and ‘Arctic influence’ is expected to descend over the UK soon

Evening Standard · Jan 10, 2024

Eton mess: College's pupils forced to stay at home for start of term after toilets back up due to floods

Pupils at prestigious boarding school have started the new school term online after issues with sewage in the area

The Independent UK · Jan 10, 2024

Eton College pupils forced to stay away at start of term as flooding blocks sewers

Thames Water apologises to staff and pupils as college forced to bring back remote learning

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