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Mapped: Sewage in English rivers as water companies face £168m in combined fines

Campaigners have welcomed the proposed fines but warned the penalties highlight the ‘sheer state of disrepair’ of the water and sewage industry

The Independent UK · Aug 6, 2024

Thames Water’s assets are looking worse and worse. Bondholders must pay

Damning Ofwat report underlines multiple operational failings at the beleaguered company

The Guardian - UK · Aug 6, 2024

UK rivers and beaches have been heaped with pollution for years – when will we talk about restoration?

The penalties reflect the failings of the Environment Agency and Ofwat as much as the water companies

The Guardian - UK · Aug 6, 2024

Thames Water breaches licence as part of its debt downgraded to junk

Move by ratings company Moody’s puts Thames in breach its operating licence but Ofwat likely to hold off on large fine

The Guardian - UK · Jul 24, 2024

Moody’s cuts Thames Water’s highest-ranked bonds to junk

Moody’s Ratings lowered Thames Water’s class A debt to junk after the UK’s water regulator placed the company under a so-called turnaround oversight regime.

Evening Standard · Jul 24, 2024

Global IT failure has left me fearing the word ‘upgrade’

Brief letters: CrowdStrike outage | Computer illiterates | Fighting water companies | Long-lived historian | Rubber band saves sole

The Guardian - UK · Jul 23, 2024

Here’s how we can fight back on water bills

Letter: Paul Kaufman of Boycott Thames Water hopes public anger over water industry failings will force the government to take action

The Guardian - UK · Jul 22, 2024

Thames Water slapped with £500,000 in fines over 320 late-finishing roadworks

More than 320 Thames Water roadworks took longer than agreed in just over two years

Evening Standard · Jul 19, 2024

How the UK’s new government is promising to kickstart the economy – and what it still doesn’t have an answer for

The new Labour government has fully laid out its plans for the UK in its first king’s speech to parliament. There were 40 new bills in the speech, aimed at setting a clear agenda focused on growing the economy and improving living standards for working people. And yet there were…

The Conversation · Jul 18, 2024

Southern Water boss handed £183,000 bonus despite huge rise in bills

Award for Lawrence Gosden comes after criticism of business plan and attempts to increase bills by 73%

The Guardian - UK · Jul 16, 2024