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England's 'most beautiful village' seen in all UK passports ruined by raw sewage

The picturesque town of Bibury in the Cotswolds is one of the most iconic images in the UK and features on the inside cover of all UK passports - but Thames Water has been pumping sewage into the water

Daily Mirror · May 3, 2023

River pollution becomes key issue in English local elections

Discharge of raw sewage is mainstream concern in first local elections since Guardian revealed scale of problem

The Guardian - UK · May 1, 2023

OPINION - 769 toxic spills lasting 3,286 hours: the Thames in 2022

We’ve tried dumping sewage into the Thames before, it doesn’t end well. The Summer of 1858 was known as the ‘Great Stink‘, thanks to a combination of warm weather, untreated human effluence and industrial waste flowing into the river.

Evening Standard · Apr 27, 2023

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Ed Davey brands releasing sewage into waterways ‘a crime against nature’

The Liberal Democrats released analysis of figures that show water companies released sewage into English streams for 14,162 hours last year.

The Independent UK · Apr 27, 2023

Sewage pumped into 31 London rivers for 7,000 hours last year

The Thames saw 769 toxic spills lasting a total of 3,286 hours — more than 136 days

Evening Standard · Apr 27, 2023

Lake or mistake? The row over water firms, drought and Abingdon’s new super-reservoir

A proposal for 150bn litres of storage in Oxfordshire is mired in controversy and distrust of a privatised water industry

The Guardian - UK · Apr 22, 2023

‘Every river in this country is polluted’: how Feargal Sharkey got swept up by the clean water campaign

The former Undertones frontman was searching for a hobby and ended up an environmental campaigner. And he’s a man who can win an argument

The Guardian - UK · Apr 9, 2023

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‘We live from month to month’: people in UK brace for April’s bill rises

Five readers tell of how they will be affected by jump in council tax, energy, water and telecoms costs

The Guardian - UK · Mar 31, 2023

Thames Water ordered to fix water leaks by Environment Agency

Lib Dems are also calling for urgent action on the ‘sewage crisis’

Evening Standard · Mar 29, 2023

Thames Water ordered to fix leaks before pumping millions of litres from rivers

Environment Agency tells supplier to rethink plans to tackle droughts by pumping water from Thames and Severn

The Guardian - UK · Mar 28, 2023

Never mind the H20: this scheme to move water from Severn to Thames could be the new HS2

England’s water woes have a solution. But trying to move vast volumes of water from west to east is not it

The Guardian - UK · Mar 23, 2023

Water firms focused on returns at expense of environment, say peers

Lords committee criticises Ofwat for failing to ensure firms invested enough in sewage network

The Guardian - UK · Mar 22, 2023

Water companies ordered to stop dividends if services don’t improve

Since being privatised in 1989, English water firms have paid dividends of more than £65 billion to shareholders

Evening Standard · Mar 20, 2023

‘Very sensitive subject’: plan to take Welsh water for London stirs painful memories

‘Drowning’ of village of Capel Celyn to provide water to Liverpool in the 60s remains an emotive issue

The Guardian - UK · Mar 18, 2023

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Evening Standard · Mar 16, 2023

Calls for Thames Water to stop dumping sewage in river after map reveals scale of issue in London

There are more than 100 storm overflow sites across the capital

Evening Standard · Mar 8, 2023

Hackney Wick: 175 flats without drinking water after tank contamination

Residents could be waiting two weeks before they can drink the water again

Evening Standard · Feb 28, 2023

More than 10,000 oppose Thames Water plan to pump treated sewage into Thames

Plan would take water from river at Teddington and replace with ‘treated effluent’ to manage water levels elsewhere

The Guardian - UK · Feb 28, 2023

Nearly 10,000 oppose plan to pump treated sewage into Thames

Thames Water proposal to deal with droughts in capital draws ire of river users and environmentalists

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The Conversation · Feb 23, 2023

To clean up England's rivers we need to know how much sewage is dumped – but water firms won't tell us

UK environment secretary Thérèse Coffey has demanded that water companies share plans for how they will reduce sewage discharges into rivers. They could start by coming clean on how much sewage is being dumped. If we don’t know how much sewage is actually being released – for at least the…

The Guardian - UK · Feb 6, 2023

Why is Thames Water so eager for me to switch to a water meter?

I wondered whether staff get a bonus for getting people to convert but I’m not keen after a trial some years ago

The Guardian - UK · Jan 31, 2023

Water firms in England urged to upgrade sewage works for new homes

Campaigners in Oxfordshire, Cotwolds and Cumbria say houses should not be occupied until systems can cope

Evening Standard · Jan 30, 2023

Thames Water still using dowsing rods to detect leaks despite evidence they don’t work

Watchdog Ofwat says ancient dowsing method doesn’t work but some Thames Water engineers still use rods

The Independent UK · Jan 24, 2023

New Thames Water map reveals where raw sewage is being discharged

Sewage has been flowing continuously for more than a month in multiple locations

The Guardian - UK · Jan 23, 2023

Thames Water’s real-time map confirms raw sewage discharges

Effluent in Gloucestershire river pinpointed by digital map as water companies accused of routinely pumping out waste to rivers

Evening Standard · Jan 19, 2023

Flood chaos with roads closed in Chiswick after water pipe bursts

Streets were filled with water as firefighters protected homes and businesses using sandbags

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