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EXPLAINED: Welsh water | Vintage Vibes

‘Complicated and expensive’: Burnham is right about the risks of nationalisation

Track record of Welsh Water shows changing ownership status is not the answer to all the woes in the utilities sector

The Guardian - UK

Welsh Water to pay £44 million for ‘serious’ sewage spill failures

Ofwat said it had accepted the supplier’s redress package, which was first proposed in March, following consultation

The Independent UK

Welsh Water to pay out £44.7m over sewage spills after ‘serious’ failures

Ofwat said it had accepted the supplier’s redress package, which was first proposed in March, following consultation.

Evening Standard

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High Court hearing for UK’s biggest environmental pollution claim begins

More than 1,300 people have joined the claim over pollution in the River Wye and River Usk

The Independent UK

Welsh Water to pay £44.7m after ‘unacceptable’ sewage works failings

Proposed package comes after regulator finds ‘serious and unacceptable breaches’ in how company operates

The Guardian - UK

UK water firm to pay £44.7 million to sort out its sewage problems

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The Independent UK

Welsh Water set to pay out £44.7m over sewage spills

Ofwat said it found “serious and unacceptable” breaches in Welsh Water’s sewage works systems and operations.

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Welsh Water to pay £44.7m over ‘serious and unacceptable’ sewage spills

Ofwat stated the supplier failed to adequately operate, maintain, and upgrade its wastewater network

The Independent UK

Thousands bring UK’s biggest-ever environmental pollution legal action claim over River Wye

Nearly 4,000 people seeking mandated clean-up order against firms accused of causing ‘degradation’ to river

The Independent UK

Thousands take legal action over ‘widespread pollution’ of three UK rivers

Environmental group seeks damages from Welsh Water and two chicken producers, alleging responsibility for pollution in Wye, Lugg and Usk

The Guardian - UK

Welsh Water hires former Sydney Water executive as new boss

Dwr Cymru Welsh Water, which supplies water to most of Wales, Deeside and Herefordshire, appointed Roch Cheroux as its new chief executive.

Evening Standard

Raw sewage reported ‘seeping’ on to beach from Welsh Water pumping station

Senedd member demands Welsh Water invest in infrastructure after sewage leaked on to West Shore beach

The Guardian - UK

New commission may ban English water companies from making a profit

Defra body, created to overhaul system amid public fury, may force firms to be run for public good rather than shareholder returns

The Guardian - UK

Cheap sales, debt and foreign takeovers: how privatisation changed the water industry

Familiar concerns over bosses’ pay, prices and borrowing emerged in the utilities’ early years in private hands, with UK dubbed the ‘dirty man of Europe’

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Welsh Water fined over mystery sewage dumps in River Wye

Welsh Water was unable to explain two sewage discharges into the River Wye

The Guardian - UK

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

Who owns Welsh Water, amid investigation into sewage treatment?

Around 45 treatment plants are breaching permits

The Guardian - UK

Welsh Water admits spilling untreated sewage near dolphin habitat for decade

The company released wastewater from treatment plants despite overflow levels not being hit

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The Independent UK

Woman left fighting for her life after swimming in sewage-filled waters

Caitlin Edwards, 22, contracted E.coli after swimming near Amroth Beach last summer

Evening Standard

Firefighters resort to using sewage water after droughts

The Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service are testing the use of sewage water after struggling with low water supplies

The Guardian - UK

Thames Water crisis presents an opportunity for better business

Letters: Nationalisation dominates the debate, but there are other viable alternatives, writes Victor Adebowale

Wales Online

Welsh Water criticised over pollution incidents and downgraded

The pollution incidents mean DCWW has been downgraded for the second year running

Birmingham Post

Welsh Water environmental rating downgraded over rise in sewage spills

Wales' largest water company caused 91 sewage pollution incidents in 2022 - up 9% from 2021

The Conversation

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.

Wales Online

The massive row about a sewage pumping station planned for Cardiff's beloved Hailey Park explained

We've looked in detail at the plans for a pumping station to cope with wastewater from the city's new suburb Plasdwr which is planned for Cardiff's Hailey Park

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