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Fury as sewage dump leaves parts of River Thames 'black and disgusting'

Shocking pictures showed the polluted water spreading from the mouth of Deptford Creek, south-east London, into the Thames yesterday

Daily Mirror · Aug 26, 2022

Local resident hits out at ‘putrid’ sewage outfalls turning Thames tributary brown

Sutton resident Amie Battams said she had seen ‘fatbergs the size of rugby balls’ floating through the River Wandle

Evening Standard · Aug 26, 2022

Families told to 'turn the taps on for 2 minutes' after lead found in drinking water

Lambeth Council made the suggestion in a letter to residents after 60 of 96 flats on an estate in south London tested positive for dangerous levels of lead in the water

Daily Mirror · Aug 24, 2022

Sewage leak kills thousands of fish in Thames tributary after pipe bursts

The burst pipe in Swindon has led to a near-total wipeout of fish populations in the stretch of river. A similar leak caused fish to be killed in the same area in 2003.

Wales Online · Aug 23, 2022

Water companies in England ‘will take 2,000 years to replace pipe network’

Leaked data shows water companies are replacing 0.05% of England’s crumbling pipe network a year

The Guardian - UK · Aug 23, 2022

England’s highly paid water bosses rake it in from lucrative second jobs

As sewage is discharged into the UK’s seas and targets are missed, company chiefs use their time on other roles

The Guardian - UK · Aug 21, 2022

Londoners plan to create first new wild swimming ponds in 250 years

East London group hopes to raise enough money to turn concrete wasteland by River Lea into a ‘brownfield rainforest’

The Guardian - UK · Aug 20, 2022

Water firms in England and Wales lost 1tn litres via leaky pipes in 2021

Regulator Ofwat says companies lost an average of 2,923.8m litres of water a day in 2021-22

The Guardian - UK · Aug 19, 2022

Thames Water bosses’ bonuses soar amid leaks failings and hosepipe ban

Thames Water bosses have seen their salaries soar despite coming under fire for failing to fix leaky pipes while announcing a hosepipe ban for London.

Evening Standard · Aug 19, 2022

‘I won’t vote Tory again’: Water crisis in blue-wall Surrey could tip balance at election

In village of Cranleigh, where residents are having to get their water from tankers, the mood is mutinous

The Guardian - UK · Aug 18, 2022